When to Use the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter 3D Explorer
Open the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter 3D Explorer when you want a fast, real-figures answer to why Mars needs a helicopter to spin its rotors so much faster than an Earth helicopter, and how NASA's actual flight record turned out.
Sessions this explorer fits
Students and teachers explaining why atmosphere thickness matters for flight, readers who remember the first powered flight on another planet and want the real dates and numbers, and anyone curious how a technology demonstration meant to last 30 days ended up flying for almost 3 years all get a direct answer here.
Sessions this explorer does not fit
Sessions this page does not fit are following a ground rover's real driving route, which is on the Curiosity Rover Traverse 3D Explorer (a different rover on a different mission); or studying why Mars's atmosphere is thin in the first place, which is on the Atmosphere Escape: Mars 3D Explorer. Walk through the controls in the step-by-step guide.
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