After NASA’s Historic First Flight: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Update

Today, the Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. Join us for a news briefing at 2 p.m. ET (1800 p.m. UTC) for an analysis of Ingenuity’s first flight and what this means for NASA. The participants are: * Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate * Michael Watkins, JPL director * MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager at JPL * Bob Balaram, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter chief engineer at JPL * Håvard Grip, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter chief pilot at JPL * Justin Maki, Perseverance Mars rover imaging scientist and deputy principal investigator of Mastcam-Z instrument at JPL