Ingenuity helicopter makes history by flying on Mars
16 hours ago NASA has just flown a helicopter on Mars. Named Ingenuity, the craft hovered for about 40 seconds above the Red Planet’s surface. This marks the first flight of a spacecraft on a planet other than Earth. In the wee hours on April 19, the helicopter spun its rotor blades and ascended into the thin Martian air. It rose about three meters (or 10 feet) above the ground. After pivoting to look at NASA’s Perseverance rover and snap a picture of its own shadow, the small copter settled back down to the ground. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took this photo of its own shadow while hov...
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