
NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter makes history with first powered, controlled flight on another planet
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NASA has made history Monday with its Ingenuity Mars helicopter completing the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet.
"Ingenuity has performed its first flight -- the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet!" flight control was heard saying in audio broadcast Monday morning by NASA. Flight controllers in California confirmed Ingenuity’s brief hop after receiving data via the Perseverance rover, which stood watch more than 200 feet away. Ingenuity hitched a ride to Mars on Perseverance, clinging to the rover’s belly upon their arrival in an ancient river delta in February.More Related News