NASA's $85million Mars helicopter becomes first to fly on another world
‘Perseverance got us to Mars. With Ingenuity, we soar higher’: NASA’s Mars helicopter successfully flies on the Red Planet marking the first time a powered flight has been completed on another planet NASAs Ingenuity helicopters first flight on the Red Planet took off at exactly 08:34 BST on Monday The 4lb rotorcraft fired its blades to 2,500rpm, flew up 10ft, hovered to take a photo then landed It was originally due to fly on April 11 but issues with flight control software led to the s...
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