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Ingenuity flew on Mars!

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew today (4/19/2021) on Mars, making it the first powered, controlled flight from the surface of another planet. History happens every day! The little helicopter took off, hovered, turned, and landed. It flew to an altitude of 10 feet and carried a piece of fabric from the Wright Brothers First Flight!

(Twitter https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1384108519390027779, https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1384202604620632074, https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes/status/1384032842091417602).