NASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes First Historic Test Flight on Another Planet
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed Ingenuity’s successful lift off into the Martian sky after receiving data from the Perseverance rover
![An image taken by the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during it's first test flight. The image is black and white and shows the helicopter's shadow on the Martian surface.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/Sb2TL9g0r8AnxLKGkpCvIounhMY=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale():focal(286x137:287x138)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/07/ee/07eec257-18d3-4cc2-b6a4-6c9c7057787f/ncam_flight10000000pbin_.jpg)
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed Ingenuity’s successful lift off into the Martian sky after receiving data from the Perseverance rover