(NEXSTAR) — NASA’S helicopter, Ingenuity, lifted off from Mars early Monday morning to turn into the primary plane to take flight on one other planet.
Ingenuity hovered 3 meters above the Martian floor, then touched again down, in response to NASA.
The epic flight was out there from NASA Tv, the NASA app and the company’s web site. NASA livestreamed on a number of company social media platforms, together with the JPL YouTube and Fb channels.
A information convention is deliberate for 11 a.m. PST on Monday.
Ingenuity arrived at Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18. It was hooked up to the underside of NASA’s Perseverance rover.
The Mars rover will present additional help through the flight operation and can take photos whereas accumulating environmental information. The rover additionally hosts the bottom station that “allows the helicopter to speak with mission controllers on Earth,” NASA stated.
The helicopter was initially set to take off on April 11, however the flight was delayed as a result of a timing glitch within the helicopter’s techniques.
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