50K views · 293 reactions | NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is bringing along the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity to Mars. Its purpose is to demonstrate the viability of aerial robots for planetary exploration. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3jMowmW Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | AV | Facebook

NASA released footage of its Ingenuity helicopter's first flight on Mars, the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. https://cnn.it/2QUNjum | CNN

164K views · 1.4K reactions | ‘It’s a success!’ — Watch scientists at NASA celebrate the Ingenuity Mars helicopter achieving the first-ever ‘controlled, powered flight on a planet beyond Earth.’ The 19-inch-tall helicopter flew for 40 seconds at 3 meters above the Martian surface in what project manager MiMi Aung called NASA's 'Wright brothers moment.’  | NowThis | Facebook