98 - Ingenuity Takes Flight (feat. Teddy Tzanetos)

NASA made history this week as it flew Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter, for the first time. The small technology demonstrator is the first powered aircraft to fly on another planet. JPL engineer Teddy Tzanetos joins Jake to talk about how it works, how it came together, and what he hopes its success does for space exploration.

We talk Ingenuity the Mars Helicopter

• Ingenuity succeeds at first flight
• Ingenuity succeeds at second flight
• Ingenuity succeeds at third flight
• Potential Science that could be done with a Mars Helicopter
• Mars Helicopter Design Concepts

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