How to Watch NASA Livestreams As Ingenuity Helicopter Attempts First Mars Flight
On 4/7/21 at 12:30 PM EDT
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is currently scheduled to attempt its first flight on Mars toward the end of the day on Sunday.
If the aircraft is successful, the attempt will be the first demonstration of powered, controlled flight on another planet. The experimental vehicle rode to Mars attached to the belly of the space agency's Perseverance rover.
To mark the first flight, NASA is hosting a series of online events that will keep the public updated on the rover's exploits.
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If the helicopter flies as expected on Sunday, the space agency will broadcast a livestream confirming the flight. This livestream will show the Ingenuity team analyzing the first test flight data at the Space Flight Operations Facility of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California.