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First flight on another planet hailed as Wright brothers moment.

Local Press: Nasa’s helicopter feat marks great Ingenuity ABU DHABI, 21st April, 2021 (WAM) -- A UAE English daily has highlighted the latest achievement of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the U.S. Gulf Today in its editorial on Wednesday said, "Adventures in space give both, those taking part in them and those following them a frisson of thrill unmatched perhaps in any other field. In both cases, it shoots up the adrenalin and trigger waves of delight that keep ov...

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. The triumph was hailed as a Wright brothers moment. The mini 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) copter even carried a bit of wing fabric from the Wright Flyer that made similar history at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. It was a brief hop â...

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyds death goes to the jury MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the harrowing video of Chauvin with his knee on the Black mans neck. The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial began deliberating after nearly a full day of closing arguments in which pro...

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyds death goes to the jury MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the harrowing video of Chauvin with his knee on the Black mans neck. The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial began deliberating after nearly a full day of closing arguments in which pro...

April 19, 2021 The Ingenuity helicopter contended with challenging conditions on the Red Planet, since Mars atmosphere is 99 percent less dense than Earth. SHOW TRANSCRIPT Nearly 180 million miles away, a silent flight — clearing a big milestone.  NASA says the 4-pound Ingenuity helicopter briefly hovered 10 feet above the ground for a flight lasting just 39 seconds.  The news was celebrated by NASA engineers, who didnt receive confirmation of the flight, and the stunning video, for over th...

By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-04-19T20:34:00+01:00 NASA has flown a small rotorcraft on Mars, marking the first powered controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. The US space agency says on 19 April that helicopter “Ingenuity” ascended to 10ft above the surface during a 39sec flight. The aircraft hovered, turned 96° and hovered again before landing. The Ingenuity team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helico...

Nation Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas – A former Texas sheriffs deputy was booked on a capital murder charge Monday after police say he shot and killed his ex-wife, teenage stepdaughter and another man during a weekend shooting that shut down a busy Austin shopping area and set off an overnight manhunt. Officers found Stephen Broderick, 41, about 20 miles from the scene of Sundays shooting, which prompted active shooter alerts and unnerved residents in the Texas capital. Broderick was taken i...

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was injured while confronting rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection, suffered a stroke and died from natural causes, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office ruled Monday, a finding that lessens the chances that anyone will be charged in his death. Investigators initially believed the officer was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, based on statements collected early in the investigation, according to...

Craft was autonomously controlled from Earth, nearly 180 million miles away. NASAs Ingenuity has a camera on board that captured the crafts shadow as it lifted off. NASA/JPL-Caltech One hundred and seventeen years ago the Wright Brothers successfully conducted the first powered flight on Earth. Today, NASA reported its solar-powered Ingenuity helicopter, part of its Mars Perseverance rover that arrived on the planet in February, successfully lifted off from the red planet at 3:34 a.m. EST, mark...