How Ingenuity helicopter made the first flight on another planet?

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter may have only been in the air for less than a minute, but it has gone down in history as the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on Mars. Explains R Sathyanathan. Produced by RaySel.

A handout photo made available by NASA shows the Ingenuity Helicopter after it was detached from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, 04 April 2021. Source: AAP Image.EPA/NASA/JPL-Caltech HANDOUT

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