Our first powered flight on another planet happened this morning on Mars.
The Ingenuity helicopter lifted off, flew for about 40 seconds and touched down again.
We have photos of the shadow from the helicopter and of the flight from the Perseverance Rover.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-helicopter-succeeds-in-historic-first-flight
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight - CNN
One aspect of this is that the atmospheric pressure on Mars is about 1% that of Earth, so developing lift is tricky.
The Ingenuity helicopter lifted off, flew for about 40 seconds and touched down again.
We have photos of the shadow from the helicopter and of the flight from the Perseverance Rover.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-helicopter-succeeds-in-historic-first-flight
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight - CNN
One aspect of this is that the atmospheric pressure on Mars is about 1% that of Earth, so developing lift is tricky.