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 NASA's Ingenuity helicopter's 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 short delay Engineers changed the control system software and sent it to Mars to be uploaded to t...
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