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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully completes historic first flight on Mars

Despite the flight's brevity, it marked a historic feat in interplanetary aviation, taking place on an “airfield” 173 million miles from Earth on the floor of a vast Martian basin called Jezero Crater.
NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time, hitching a ride with Perseverance rover

NASA describes Ingenuity's mission as a 'technology demonstration': a project that seeks to test a new capability together with the astrobiology mission of Perseverance.

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Ingenuity Helicopter

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully completes historic first flight on Mars

NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time, hitching a ride with Perseverance rover