Watch NASA's helicopter make its historic first flight on Mars

NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, made history with its first Martian flight Monday.

Its travel buddy, Perseverance the rover, caught the flight on video.

The video shows Ingenuity hovering in the middle of its first test flight 10 feet above the Martian surface, the first time that humans have successfully flown an aircraft on an alien planet. Ingenuity stayed airborne for nearly 40 seconds in the challengingly thin atmosphere, an impressive feat of engineering.

Ingenuity is expected to perform up to four more flights over the next 30 sols (Mars days) while Perseverance sits at a comfortable distance documenting the process. Read more...

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