The first test flight hovered at around 10 feet off the ground, according to NASA. NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity hovers above the surface of Mars, April 19, 2021.

NASA scored a 21st-century Wright Brothers moment on Monday as it sent its miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity buzzing above the surface of Mars for nearly 40 seconds, marking the first powered ...

NASA’s engineers already made history on Monday with the 39.1-second flight of Ingenuity, a small helicopter, in the thin atmosphere on Mars.

If successful, the Ingenuity with be the first human-powered flight on a planet other than Earth. The Ingenuity Helicopter after it was detached from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April 4, 2021.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, seen here in a close-up view from the Perseverance rover, will attempt its first flight on April 19, 2021. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Join our Mars talk!

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this shot while hovering over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet.

During its fifth flight, a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover captured Ingenuity. The helicopter ascended to a new height record of 33 feet and flew 423 feet to a new landing site.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter performs a spin test of its blades on April 8, 2021. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.

The cosmic chopper carries a piece of the Wright brothers aircraft. In a historic first, NASA will attempt to launch a helicopter into flight on Mars next month. If succesful, the Ingenuity Mars ...

The flight took place at about 12:33 p.m. Mars time, 3:34 a.m. EDT on Earth. In the second flight, on April 22, Ingenuity rose to an altitude of 16 feet, hovered a moment, then tilted itself 5 ...

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter rose from the surface of Mars and hovered in the red planet’s thin air for a brief but extraordinary hop early Monday, marking the first powered flight on another ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the planet’s thin air Monday, achieving the first powered flight on another planet.