First Video of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight In this video captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. The rover was parked at “Van Zyl Overlook,” about 211 feet (64.3 meters) away in Mars' Jezero Crater and chronicled the flight operations with its cameras. These images from the rover’s Mastcam-Z cameras show the helicopter hovering above the Red Planet's surface. During

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter rose from the planet's dusty red surface into the thin air, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. | CBC News