Google celebrated the landing of Perseverance in February with virtual fireworks, and today has a more elaborate Search easter egg for Ingenuity becoming the “first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.”
Like other Google Search easter eggs, searching for “Ingenuity” will reveal an animated model of the Mars Helicopter in the Knowledge Panel. Tapping elaborately takes over the entire page with a tinted red hue and Martian surface appearing below as Ingenuity delightfully zips around. The path is appropriately random, reflecting how the actual flight was autonomous, given the distance between Earth and Mars.
You can quickly share at the top of the page, while tapping exit sees the tiny aircraft first fly back to its starting position.
This is one of Search’s more immersive Easter eggs and best enjoyed on the desktop web, but perfectly viewable on mobile.Other brands like Lego also got in on the celebrations today, and you can read more about the momentous event at our sister site Space Explored.
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