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In this illustration, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 1:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 a.m. PDT) Tuesday, March 23, to discuss upcoming activities for the agencys Ingenuity Mars helicopter. The teams operating Ingenuity and NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover have chosen the flight zone where the helicopter will attempt the first powered, controlled flights on another planet.
The briefing will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website and will livestream on multiple agency social media platforms, including theYouTubeandFacebookchannels for NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Briefing participants include:
- Lori Glaze, director of NASAs Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
- Bobby Braun, director for planetary science, JPL
- J. (Bob) Balaram, Ingenuity chief engineer, JPL
- Hvard Grip, Ingenuity chief pilot, JPL
- Farah Alibay, Perseverance integration lead for Ingenuity, JPL
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