Record #00167Space archive
First Powered, Controlled Flight on Another Planet
NASA confirmed that the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on 19 April 2021.
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- Wright Brothers Field, , ·
- Start date
- 2021-04-19
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Overview
Archive NoteIngenuity was a technology-demonstration helicopter carried by NASA's Mars 2020 mission.
Its first flight lasted 39.1 seconds, climbed to about 3 metres, and hovered for about 30 seconds.
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Wright Brothers Field, Jezero Crater, Mars
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