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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Makes Historic First Ever Powered Flight on Another Planet

‘SOAR HIGHER’

The NASA scientists who built the chopper were seen wildly celebrating as images of the flight came through from the Perseverance rover.

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NASA has successfully flown a miniature helicopter above the surface of Mars in the first ever powered flight of an aircraft on another planet. The helicopter, Ingenuity, traveled to Mars on the Perseverance rover and completed the first in a series of test flights on Monday.

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