NASA Successfully Flew a Helicopter on Mars for the First Time

NASA on Monday successfully launched a test flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover confirmed the flight's success to the team behind the project at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The Ingenuity team received the data at 6:46 a.m. EDT.Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk praised the project as a space achievement once thought to be im...