{"id":648116,"date":"2024-04-16T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T00:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=648116"},"modified":"2024-04-23T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T16:07:24","slug":"nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-team-says-goodbye-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/mars-2020-perseverance\/ingenuity-helicopter\/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-team-says-goodbye-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye \u2026 for Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, about five weeks after the rotorcraft\u2019s final flight. Part of one of Ingenuity\u2019s rotor blades lies on the surface about 49 feet (15 meters) west of helicopter (left of center in the image).\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png 7371w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=300,93 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=768,238 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=1024,317 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=1536,476 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=2048,635 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=400,124 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=600,186 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=900,279 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=1200,372 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-pia26238-heli-on-valinor.png?resize=2000,620 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, about five weeks after the rotorcraft\u2019s final flight. Part of one of Ingenuity\u2019s rotor blades lies on the surface about 49 feet (15 meters) west of helicopter (left of center in the image).<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/LANL\/CNES\/CNRS<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission \u2014 and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineers working on NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agency\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Tuesday, April 16, to monitor a transmission from the history-making helicopter. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends\/\">mission ended<\/a> Jan. 25, the rotorcraft has remained in communication with the agency\u2019s Perseverance Mars rover, which serves as a base station for Ingenuity. This transmission, received through the antennas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/communicating-with-missions\/dsn\/\">NASA\u2019s Deep Space Network<\/a>, marked the final time the mission team would be working together on Ingenuity operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the helicopter is ready for its final act: to serve as a stationary testbed, collecting data that could benefit future explorers of the Red Planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Postcards From Earth to NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLVV-g6lyMw?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZqG9owUnliSBL79sBBDyED7\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Throughout its mission on the Red Planet, NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter received thousands of electronic postcards filled with well wishes from all over the world via the mission\u2019s website. In this video, members of the helicopter team read some of those messages. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith apologies to Dylan Thomas, Ingenuity will not be going gently into that good Martian night,\u201d said Josh Anderson, Ingenuity team lead at JPL. \u201cIt is almost unbelievable that after over 1,000 Martian days on the surface, 72 flights, and one rough landing, she still has something to give. And thanks to the dedication of this amazing team, not only did Ingenuity overachieve beyond our wildest dreams, but also it may teach us new lessons in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally designed as a short-lived technology demonstration mission that would perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, the first aircraft on another world operated from the Martian surface for almost three years, flew more than 14 times farther than the distance expected, and logged more than two hours of total flight time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingenuity\u2019s mission ended after the helicopter experienced a hard landing on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends\" rel=\"noopener\">last flight<\/a>, significantly damaging its rotor blades. Unable to fly, the rotorcraft will remain at \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/resources\/27919\/perseverance-spots-ingenuity-at-its-final-airfield\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Valinor Hills<\/a>\u201d while the Perseverance rover drives out of communications range as it continues to explore the western limb of Jezero Crater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bytes and Cake<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The team enjoyed some \u201cFinal Comms\u201d chocolate cake while reviewing the latest data from over 189 million miles (304 million kilometers) away. The telemetry confirmed that a software update previously beamed up to Ingenuity was operating as expected. The new software contains commands that direct the helicopter to continue collecting data well after communications with the rover have ceased.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Engineers working on NASA\u2019s Ingenuity\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e2-pia26318-ingenuity-team.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Engineers working on NASA\u2019s Ingenuity together monitored a transmission from the history-making helicopter in a JPL control room on April 16. They confirmed the operation of a software patch that will allow the helicopter to act as a stationary testbed and collect data that could benefit future Mars explorers.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the software patch in place, Ingenuity will now wake up daily, activate its flight computers, and test the performance of its solar panel, batteries, and electronic equipment. In addition, the helicopter will take a picture of the surface with its color camera and collect temperature data from sensors placed throughout the rotorcraft. Ingenuity\u2019s engineers and Mars scientists believe such long-term data collection could not only benefit future designers of aircraft and other vehicles for the Red Planet, but also provide a long-term perspective on Martian weather patterns and dust movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this final gathering, the team received a farewell message from Ingenuity featuring the names of people who worked on the mission. Mission controllers at JPL sent the message to Perseverance the day before, which handed it off to Ingenuity so that it could transmit the farewell back to Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Decades of Room<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If a critical electrical component on Ingenuity were to fail in the future, causing data collection to stop, or if the helicopter eventually loses power because of dust accumulation on its solar panel, whatever information Ingenuity has collected will remain stored on board. The team has calculated Ingenuity\u2019s memory could potentially hold about 20 years\u2019 worth of daily data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhenever humanity revisits Valinor Hills \u2014 either with a rover, a new aircraft, or future astronauts \u2014 Ingenuity will be waiting with her last gift of data, a final testament to the reason we dare mighty things,\u201d said Ingenuity\u2019s project manager, Teddy Tzanetos of JPL. \u201cThank you, Ingenuity, for inspiring a small group of people to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds at the frontiers of space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tzanetos and other Ingenuity alumni are currently researching how future Mars helicopters \u2014 including the <a href=\"https:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA25661\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars Science Helicopter concept<\/a> \u2014 could benefit explorations of the Red Planet and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More About the Mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by JPL, which also manages the project for NASA Headquarters. It is supported by NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate. NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California\u2019s Silicon Valley and NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, provided significant flight performance analysis and technical assistance during Ingenuity\u2019s development. AeroVironment Inc., Qualcomm, and SolAero also provided design assistance and major vehicle components. Lockheed Space designed and manufactured the <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/resources\/25081\/testing-the-mars-helicopter-delivery-system\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars Helicopter Delivery System<\/a>. At NASA Headquarters, Dave Lavery is the program executive for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Ingenuity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News Media Contacts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DC Agle<br>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.<br>818-393-9011<br><a href=\"mailto:agle@jpl.nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agle@jpl.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Fox \/ Alana Johnson<br>NASA Headquarters, Washington<br>301-286-6284 \/ 202-358-1501<br><a href=\"mailto:karen.c.fox@nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">karen.c.fox@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024-044<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" 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class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Details<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading\">Last Updated<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8\">Apr 23, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mars-2020-perseverance\" rel=\"noopener\">Ingenuity (Helicopter)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/\">Aeronautics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/drones-and-you\/\">Drones & You<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/jpl\/\">Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mars\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mars-2020-perseverance\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars 2020<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mars-sample-return\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars Sample Return (MSR)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mars-2020-perseverance\" rel=\"noopener\">Perseverance (Rover)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Solar System<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section 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