ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani open-source engineer, Ahmad Awais, has received international recognition for his expert participation in humankind’s first-ever attempt at controlled flight on the surface of another planet, Mars.
US Embassy Islamabad, in a tweet, recognised the contributions of Ahmad Awais for contributing code to the software for the Mars 2020 helicopter mission, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter.
“Pakistani developers are truly making their mark in the world. Did you know Ahmad Awais, a Pakistani award-winning open-source engineer, contributed code to the software for the Mars 2020 helicopter mission, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter?,” US Embassy Islamabad wrote.
Pakistani developers are truly making their mark in the world. #DidYouKnow Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais), a Pakistani award-winning open-source engineer, contributed code to the software for the Mars 2020 helicopter mission, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter? pic.twitter.com/RD3nDUY3Ig
— U.S. Embassy Islamabad (@usembislamabad) May 17, 2021
Last month, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter via NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Awais has thanked the embassy for appreciating his work. “I’m incredibly humbled that my teeny-tiny open-source contribution was part of humankind’s first successful attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet,” Ahmad Awais tweeted.
Thank you, @usembislamabad, for the kind words.
I’m incredibly humbled that my teeny-tiny open-source contribution was part of humankind’s first successful attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
I wrote about it here ↓ https://t.co/2zcEddr39B
— Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) May 17, 2021
