At 3:34 a.m. EDT on April 19, humans’ flew on a different planet.
I love writing that.
Ingenuity rose 10 feet in the air, turned around, took a picture, and landed. That may not sound like much, but it’s as momentous as the Wright Brothers’ first flight. We now know that we can fly on Mars. With that knowledge we can build bigger and better aircraft that will help humans’ explore and live on the red planet.
Ingenuity will fly again, and each test will teach us something new. It’s a new day in planetary exploration.
CNN has a good article about this first flight, and NASA has many videos about flight if you want to learn more.