[TChad]

Our favorite Martian.

Ginny rules.

[Ezekiel]

Yup!

Born on Mars. NASA has the birth-sequence images around on some page.

Survived the first night alone to be found safe and alive on Easter Sunday.

I love how that all worked just right.

Oh wow, Ginny’s birthday is coming up on April 3rd. I don’t think JPL/NASA expected to be throwing a 1st birthday party, so she needs to keep on whirling along.

[Ezekiel]

NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission

NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history’s first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover’s upcoming science campaign exploring the ancient river delta of Jezero Crater. Along the way, it will continue testing its own capabilities to support the design of future Mars air vehicles.

>>>

Before aerial reconnaissance of the delta can begin, Ingenuity has to complete its journey to the area. Scheduled for no earlier than March 19, Ingenuity’s next flight will be a complex journey, about 1,150 feet (350 meters) in length, that includes a sharp bend in its course to avoid a large hill. After that, the team will determine whether two or three more flights will be required to complete the crossing of northwest Séítah.

More:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-extends-ingenuity-helicopter-mission