J Bob Balaram: Man behind NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter

National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Ingenuity Mars helicopter, designed by IIT Madras alumnus J (Bob) Balaram, made history on Monday by becoming the first powered and controlled flight on another planet. The US space agency hailed the achievement as ‘our Wright brothers moment’. Bob Balaram, Ingenuity’s chief engineer, said the helicopter was in fine … Continue reading J Bob Balaram: Man behind NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter