NASA celebrates as tiny Ingenuity helicopter successfully flown on Mars
By DW
21 April 2021 |
1:08 pm
"We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet!" says lead engineer MiMi Aung to her team as NASA successfully flew the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.
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