![The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter prototype sits on a round, gray surface. Sunlight glints off of one of its blades. The blades are stacked vertically on a thin column. Four thin legs with white tips are attached to the column. A bundle of wires protrudes from the helicopter and rests on the table.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53399676593-57707b89f8-o.jpg)
A New Home for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prototype
The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Chantilly, Va. The prototype, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday.
Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
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TakenDecember 15, 2023
Image CreditNASA/Joel Kowsky
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