Nasa’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, in first powered, controlled flight on another planet

The small helicopter successfully took flight on the red planet on Monday morning, hovering in the air at an altitude of about 3 metres (10 feet), before descending and touching back down on the Martian surface.

 The news was met by cheers and applause at mission control, and pictures from the mission showed the craft hovering. 

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