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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter takes off for first flight on Mars

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-19 19:13

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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity makes its first flight on the planet in this still image taken from a video on April 19, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON -- NASA successfully launched its Mars helicopter Ingenuity from the surface of the Red Planet earlier on Monday, marking the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.

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