NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

NASA confirmed on Monday the historic first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity. Engineers cheered and clapped during a live broadcast as data confirming the flight arrived from the distant planet to the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The helicopter performed "spinup, takeoff, climb, hover, landing and spin down," said Håvard Grip, Ingenuity pilot. The time of flight was about 3:30 […]