This week, NASA made headlines when its Ingenuity helicopter – part of the Mars 2020 mission – rose 3 m (9.8 ft), hovered in the Martian air for 30 seconds and then landed back down, with a total flight time of 39.1 seconds. This became the first powered flight on another planet in history. The test location is now named "Wright Brothers Field" in honour of US brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, who first flew a powered aircraft on Earth in 1903.
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