Mars helicopter Ingenuity gearing up for 19th Red Planet flight on Friday

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity is poised to make its first flight of 2022.

The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity’s next Red Planet sortie — its 19th overall — will take place as early as Friday (Jan. 7), mission team members said in a blog post on Tuesday (Jan. 4).