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Ingenuity Mars helicopter: The historic journey to fly on another planet CNN 3 days ago By Ashley Strickland, CNN © JPL-Caltech/NASA The Mars helicopter team is seen outside of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on December 3, 2018. When the Ingenuity helicopter takes flight this month, it will be a Wright brothers moment on Mars. This first powered, controlled flight on another planet has been years in the making -- and it has roots in the first such flight on Earth. © JPL/NASA Hitching a ride on the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Sojourner rover arrived on July 4, 1997....

Scientific American Ingenuity’s ‘Wright Stuff’: A Piece of the Wright Flyer Will Soar on Mars The first powered atmospheric flight on another planet will honor its roots with a payload drawn from the dawn of aviation itself Print In this illustration, NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity stands on the Red Planet’s surface as the agency’s Perseverance rover ( partially visible at left) rolls away. Credit: NASA and JPL-Caltech Advertisement When NASA’s latest Mars-roving robot, Perseverance, landed on the Red Planet in February, its cargo included a long virtual list of “firsts.” ...