NASA’S Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds In Historic First Flight

Monday NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make powered , controlled flight on other planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Sothern Calfornia confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter ” Ingenuity is the latest in long and storied tradition onf NASA project achieving a space exploration goal thought impossible ”said acting Adminstrator Steve Jurczyk.”The X-15 was pathfinder for the sapce shuttle.

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NASA’S Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface on April 19,2021, during the first instance of powered,controlled flight on another planet.It used navigation camera , which autonomously tracks the ground during flight.

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