NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Makes Second Flight On Mars

Ingenuity helicopter.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter added 51.9 sec. of flight time during a second demonstration of controlled, powered flight on Mars. The flight, which took place on April 22 at 12:33 p.m. Mars time (5:33 a.m. EDT), also tested the rotorcraft’s ability to tilt, allowing some of the thrust from the dual...

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