NASA efficiently flew the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars on Monday, in keeping with information and pictures despatched again to Earth.
“Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed its first flight – the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,” introduced an engineer within the Jet Propulsion Laboratory because the management room cheered.
A brief clip despatched again by the Perseverance rover confirmed the 4 pound chopper grounded at first, hovering three meters above the Martian floor, then touching again down.
Ingenuity itself despatched again a nonetheless black-and-white picture from its downward pointing digital camera, exhibiting its personal shadow forged on the floor.
“We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet!” stated lead engineer MiMi Aung to her crew.
“We’ve been talking so long about our Wright brothers’ moment on Mars, and here it is,” she added.
The first powered flight on Earth was achieved by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
A chunk of material from that aircraft has been tucked inside Ingenuity in honour of that feat.
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