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Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First One-Way Trip
May 08, 2021
PASADENA, California, May 8 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on May 7, 2021:

The Red Planet rotorcraft headed south in support of furthering research into the potential use of aerial scouts on Mars in the future.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight on the Red Planet today with its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to an airfield 423 feet (129 meters) to the south. After arrival above its new a . . .

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