Tiny Mars helicopter set for first flight Sunday
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NASA plans to fly the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, shown here with the rover Perseverance, on the Red Planet for the first time Sunday. Photo courtesy of NASA
NASA is targeting Sunday for the Mars helicopter Ingenuity to make the first attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Photo courtesy of NASA | License Photo
A photo of the Martian surface shows where the Mars helicopter Ingenuity will make its first flight, planned for Sunday night. Photo courtesy of NASA | License Photo
April 9 (UPI) NASA s plan to fly a helicopter on Mars comes to fruition Sunday with an attempted 40-second climb to just 10 feet, but agency officials say they hope to make bolder efforts in the next few weeks.
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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.
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