NASA Article-Ingenuity

NASA's Ingenuity is

• a hoverboard

• a helicopter

• a rover

• a rocket

Ingenuity is a technology demonstration, which means it is attempting to test a new capability

• for the last time.

• for the first time.

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Ingenuity was created for the purpose of:

• bringing an astronaut back home from space

• gaining fame and fortune for its creator

• flying an aircraft on another planet

• enabling animals to travel into space

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The atmosphere and temperature of Mars had to be considered when Ingenuity was designed.

• True

• False

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Ingenuity is controlled with a joystick operated by a human being.

• True

• False

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The mission of designing, creating, and testing Ingenuity required extreme

• creativity

• arguing

• exercising

• patience

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Ingenuity was named

• by rearranging letters from the names of scientists

• after the mother of an astronaut

• by a high school student

• by drawing random letters from a hat

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Ingenuity must undergo and pass several tests during a long process before it can actually be put to real world use.

• True

• False

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The use of Ingenuity can lead to future explorations and human missions to Mars, thus benefitting

• all of humanity

• just the scientific community

• future astronauts only

• mostly the engineers who work on the design team

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