- NASA successfully conducted the first flight of an aircraft on another planet.
- Helicopter Ingenuity flew for 39 seconds above the Martian surface.
- NASA rover Perseverance captured imagery of the flight after rolling a short distance away, with one of its navigation cameras showing a sequence before, during and after the helicopter's flight.
Here's a look at NASA's historic flight of an aircraft on Mars, a feat the space agency called a "Wright brothers moment."
NASA rover Perseverance captured imagery of the flight after rolling a short distance away, with one of its navigation cameras showing a sequence before, during and after the helicopter's flight.
Ingenuity, which weighs 4 pounds, successfully flew autonomously for 39 seconds.
NASA announced after the flight that the area on Mars' Jezero Crater where Ingenuity flew will be known as Wright Brothers Field.
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The helicopter stands just over 19 inches tall, and was delivered to the surface of Mars by NASA's rover Perseverance.
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