first flight of Ingenuity helicopter on Mars

Name: first flight of Ingenuity helicopter on Mars
Uploaded: 2024-02-09T08:47:24Z
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Description: Video captured by NASA's Perseverance rover, as the Ingenuity helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, on April 19, 2021. The rover was parked at “Van Zyl Overlook,” about 64.3 meters (211 feet) away in Mars's Jezero Crater and chronicled the flight operations with its cameras.

Video captured by NASA's Perseverance rover, as the Ingenuity helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, on April 19, 2021. The rover was parked at “Van Zyl Overlook,” about 64.3 meters (211 feet) away in Mars's Jezero Crater and chronicled the flight operations with its cameras.

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