Google celebrates Ingenuity helicopter fly on Mars

Google celebrates Ingenuity helicopter fly on Mars.

As a historic feat to its name, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made its first controlled flight to another planet on April 19. The Mars – Ingenuity helicopter made history when it took off in the air on the planet. To celebrate the occasion, Google presented a unique and special tribute on its home page. They created an exciting new animation on their official page to celebrate NASA’s achievement.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter took this photo while floating above the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. Image credit: NASA.

If you want to see the surprise on your screen, run a Google search for ‘Ingenuity NASA’. A small, animated version of ‘Ingenuity’ will appear on the screen, which is orange in color. Meanwhile, when you click on it, the surface of Mars appears at the bottom of the screen. Even the little helicopter will buzz at the top of the search results.

Sharing a video of the Google Search Ingenuity animation, NASA wrote: “Do you like funny things? Type “Ingenuity NASA” into a @Google search to get a #MarsHelicopter surprise. ” NASA further noted the fun on Twitter saying that the Easter egg appears to be working on most browsers, both mobile and desktop.

While Google shared a GIF of the animated device and tweeted: “Ten vertical feet for a helicopter, a giant leap for space exploration. Congratulations to NASA Mars Helicopter for an incredible first flight!”

As soon as this made headlines, people on Twitter shared their excitement at having the virtual helicopter hovering around the screen. With this great experiment, NASA has shown that it is possible to fly in the thin atmosphere of Mars.

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