Ingenuity successfully takes flight, hovering at height of 3 metres before touching back down

Nasa’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has completed the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet, the space agency has announced.

The small helicopter successfully took flight on the red planet on Monday morning, hovering in the air at around 10 feet (3 metres), before descending and touching back down on the Martian surface.

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