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From https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-succeeds-in-historic-first-flight https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopt
by trothamel 5y ago
From https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-succeeds-in-historic-first-flight https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopte... , the International Civil Aviation organization gave Ingenuity the the designator the aircraft type designator IGY, the call sign INGENUITY, and designated the Wright Brothers Field in Jezero Crater on mars as JZRO.
Hopefully that last one sticks when commercial service begins.
- Clewza313 5y agoThe first letters (at least one, often but not always two) of any ICAO airport code represent the country it's in, and by convenient coincidence, the only three unused letters are I, J and X. I personally would probably have plumped for X as in extraterrestrial, but Xxxx codes are already frequently used for unofficial codes like train stations, so maybe someday Mars will indeed be J or JZ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_airport_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_airport_code
- timr 5y agoTIL: according the the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the copter is carrying a little piece of fabric from the Wright flyer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-holds-piece-wright-brothers-history-180977381/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mars-helicopter-in...