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What did NASA's Ingenuity helicopter do first on Mars in 2021?

It made the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

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  1. Drilled the first Mars rock sample
  2. Flew the first powered flight on another planet ✔
  3. Found the first liquid water on Mars

Why: Ingenuity rode to Mars with the Perseverance rover. On April 19, 2021, it lifted off and flew, the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

Huh, didn't know that: Ingenuity was planned for only a few test hops but ended up making 72 flights.

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Why did Ingenuity fly on Mars? Because walking there would take forever.
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Answer: Flew the first powered flight on another planet. Ingenuity rode to Mars with the Perseverance rover. On April 19, 2021, it lifted off and flew, the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

  1. NASA Science, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ingenuity-mars-helicopter
    the first powered flight on another planet
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. NASA Science, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ingenuity-mars-helicopter
    the helicopter eventually completed 72 flights across nearly three years
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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