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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight

posted 3 years ago by robocat893 (13583)
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The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed its historic flight on Mars and safely landed back on the surface, according to NASA.

The first powered, controlled flight on another planet took place at 3:34 a.m. ET.

Exciting stuff!

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/world/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-first-flight-scn-trnd/index.html

Helicopters on Mars.

Red Planet (2000) is the only movie that comes to mind that had one.

Yeah, I read about this and thought it was really exciting.

I do feel bad for the trained mouse pilot. I wonder if they told him it was a one-way trip before sending him.