<span class="HighlightShare-hidden"></span><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106870140"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>The shadow of NASA's Ingenuity is seen on the surface of Mars as the helicopter hovered during its first flight on April 19, 2021.</div><div>NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></div></div></div><div><p>NASA successfully conducted the first flight of an aircraft on another planet, as the space agency's helicopter Ingenuity completed a historic feat on Mars on Monday that it called a &#34;Wright brothers moment.&#34;</p><p>&#34;Now, 117 years after the Wright brothers succeeded in making the first flight on our planet, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has succeeded in performing this amazing feat on another world,&#34; NASA associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen said in a statement. &#34;While these two iconic moments in aviation history may be separated by time and 173 million miles of space, they now will forever be linked.&#34;</p><div></div><p>NASA rover Perseverance captured imagery of the flight after rolling a short distance away, with one of its navigation cameras showing a sequence before, during, and after the helicopter's flight.</p></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106870119"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>Video from NASA rover Perseverance shows helicopter Ingenuity spinning up its rovers, hovering, and then landing on Mars.</div><div>NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></div></div></div><div><p>Ingenuity, which weighs four pounds, successfully flew autonomously for 39 seconds.</p></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106870156"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>NASA's Perseverance rover captured helicopter Ingenuity on the surface of Mars on April 18, 2021 before its first flight.</div><div>NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></div></div></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106870158"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>A camera on NASA's Perseverance rover shows helicopter Ingenuity flying above the surface of Mars on April 19, 2021.</div><div>NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></div></div></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106870159"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>NASA helicopter Ingenuity back on the surface of Mars after its first flight on April 19, 2021, captured by a camera on the Perseverance rover.</div><div>A camera on NASA's Perseverance rover shows helicopter Ingenuity flying above the surface of Mars on April 19, 2021.</div></div></div></div><div><p>NASA announced after the flight that the area on Mars' Jezero Crater where Ingenuity flew will be known as Wright Brothers Field.</p></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106640105"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>Scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California work with Ingenuity during its development, a years-long process that was aided by some of the agency's experts in rotor dynamics.</div><div>NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></div></div></div><div><p>The helicopter stands just over 19 inches tall, and was delivered to the surface of Mars by NASA's rover Perseverance.</p></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106842347"><div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div>The Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity helicopter visible attached underneath, prepared for launch.</div><div>NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></div></div></div><div id="ArticleBody-MobileAdhesion"></div>

<p>NASA rover Perseverance captured imagery and video of the historic first flight of helicopter Ingenuity.</p>

Images and video show NASA's helicopter flying in 'Wright brothers moment' on Mars