With blessings from Wright Brothers, Ingenuity aims for 1st flight by Apr 8

The rover is in transit to the 'airfield' where the Ingenuity will attempt to fly. Once deployed, it will have 30 Martian days, or sols, (31 Earth days) to conduct its test flight campaign

When Wright Brothers first tested their ingenious aircraft design in December 1903, they had barely imagined that in just over 100 years there invention would make strides not just on the earth but also on another planet. The Ingenuity helicopter, inspired by a concept similar to the test flight is likely to make its first powered attempt on the mars by April 8.

The copter at the moment remains attached to the belly of the massive Perseverance rover after travelling over 200 million km from the earth to mars landing in a daring operation in the Jazero crater on February 18.

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