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NASA flies a helicopter on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet

NASA flies a helicopter on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet Christian Davenport © Nasa/Jpl-Caltech/Handout/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Ingenuity captures its shadow on the Martian surface. NASA successfully flew its four-pound helicopter from the surface of Mars early Monday, the first powered flight of an aircraft on another planet, a feat NASA officials compared to the Wright brothers first flight in 1903. At about 3:30 a.m., the twin, carbon-fiber rotor blades began spinning furiously, and the chopper, called Ingenuity, lifted off the surface of the Red Planet, reaching an altitude of about 10 feet, where it hovered, turned and landed softly in an autonomous flight that lasted just 30 seconds, the space agency said.

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