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NASA Ingenuity helicopter touches down on Mars
Flying in a controlled manner on Mars is far more difficult than flying on Earth
Monday April 5, 2021 8:03 PM, IANS
Washington: NASA s Mars helicopter Ingenuity has been dropped on the surface of the Red Planet ahead of its historic first flight scheduled for April 11.
Ingenuity flew to Mars while being attached to the belly of NASA s Perseverance rover, which made a #MarsHelicopter touchdown confirmed! Its 293 million mile (471 million km) journey aboard @NASAPersevere ended with the final drop of 4 inches (10 cm) from the rover s belly to the surface of Mars today, NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, tweeted late on Saturday.