NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, Successfully Completes First Flight.<br />Ingenuity's first flight on Mars <br />took place at 3:34 a.m. ET on Monday.<br />It flew autonomously for about 40 seconds total <br />without help from teams on Earth.<br />We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet. , MiMi Aung, Ingenuity project manager at JPL, via CNN.<br />We've been talking about our Wright Brothers moment on another planet for so long. And now, here it is, MiMi Aung, Ingenuity project manager at JPL, via CNN.<br />The first image to confirm the helicopter's successful flight featured its shadow on the Martian surface.<br />The Perseverance rover sent back images of the planet as well, showing Ingenuity taking flight.<br />NASA said more pictures and video are to come.<br />We don't know exactly where Ingenuity will lead us, but today's results indicate the sky -- at least on Mars -- may not be the limit, Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk, via statement
