2. Ingenuity’s first flight • Earth.com

Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z camera also caught the first flight of the Ingenuity helicopter. And this was a history-maker. That short spin through the Mars atmosphere was the first time a controlled aircraft had flown on Mars or any celestial body other than Earth. We bet the folks at NASA were overjoyed!

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