Ingenuity hovers 39 seconds, marking the first controlled, powered aircraft flight on another planet.
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Ingenuity hovers 39 seconds, marking the first controlled, powered aircraft flight on another planet.
A powerful camera called High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) has been taking photos of Mars since 2006.
NASA’s Ingenuity will attempt a flight milestone on another planet; the Wright Flyer did something similar on Earth.
Thousands of detailed photos helped choose landing spot for Perseverance rover and further scientists’ understanding of the planet’s surface.
The rover, which launched in the summer, successfully lands on Martian soil.
If scientists can get Ingenuity off the ground, it will mark the first controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.
Scientists haven’t had fresh moon rock since the Soviet Union’s mission in 1976.
The smooth, tall structure was found during a helicopter survey.
Several kinds of soil were recently sent to the space station to see how microgravity affects it.
Alabama high school student had suggested the name in an essay contest.
