NASA MAKES HISTORY AS INGENUITY HELICOPTER TAKES FIRST FLIGHT ON MARS

  • 19/04/2021

NASA made history on Monday with the first powered, controlled flight on another planet as its Ingenuity helicopter rose from the dusty red surface of Mars into the thin air. The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. Ingenuity hitched a ride to Mars on Perseverance, clinging to the rover’s belly upon their arrival in an ancient river delta in February.The mini 4-pound (1.8-kg) helicopter named Ingenuity, in fact, carried a bit of wing fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer, which made similar history at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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