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Ingenuity helicopter successfully flew on Mars: NASA
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – NASA successfully flew the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars on Monday, data downloaded from the aircraft confirmed.
“Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,” announced an engineer in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the control room cheered.
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