NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter makes maiden flight on Mars in a “Wright brothers moment”
After overcoming an earlier software glitch, NASA’s $80 million Ingenuity helicopter spun up its carbon-composite rotors and lifted off the dusty surface of Mars early Monday to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet, a “Write brothers moment” that could pave the way to future interplanetary aircraft.
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