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By MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) â NASAâs 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 just 39 seconds and 10 feet (3 meters) â but accomplished all the major milestones.
âGoosebumps. It looks just the way we had tested, project manager MiMi Aung said as she watched the flight video during a later briefing. âAbsolutely beautiful flight. I donât think I can ever stop watching it over and over again.â
MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
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 just 39 seconds and 10 feet (3 meters) but accomplished all the major milestones.
“Goosebumps. It looks just the way we had tested,” project manager MiMi Aung said as she watched the flight video during a later briefing.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
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 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 – just 39 seconds and 10 feet – but accomplished all the major milestones.
“Goosebumps. It looks just the way we had tested,” project manager MiMi Aung said as she watched the flight video during a later briefing. “Absolutely beautiful flight. I don’t think I can ever stop watching it over and over again.”