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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter makes first historic flight on Mars

A helicopter has made the first ever flight on another planet, NASA has said.

The Ingenuity mini-helicopter took to the Martian skies hovering 10ft (three metres) in the air before touching back down on the planet’s surface.

It marks NASA’s first attempt at a powered, controlled flight on another planet.

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