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  • Mars
    Mars
    / Spacecraft exploration

    …also carried a small helicopter, Ingenuity, which on April 19, 2021, became the first machine to fly through the skies of another planet when it ascended to a height of 3 meters (10 feet). Ingenuity flew 72 times before its mission ended in January 2024 after one of its rotors…

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    …also carried a small helicopter, Ingenuity, which on April 19, 2021, became the first machine to fly through the skies of another planet when it ascended to a height of 3 meters (10 feet). Ingenuity flew 72 times before its mission ended in January 2024 after one of its rotors…

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