Watch video of historic Mars flight by NASA’s Ingenuity

NASA officials have released the first footage of their 4-pound Ingenuity helicopter soaring over the surface of Mars, in what was the first controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet.

The brief clip was transmitted back to Earth shortly after NASA got confirmation that the out-of-this-world whirlybird successfully took to the air. The chopper could be seen hovering about 10 feet above the Martian surface for about 30 seconds, before rotating and touching back down on all four legs.