First powered controlled flight by an aircraft on another world.

[Chippy_Tea]

The drone, called Ingenuity, was airborne for less than a minute, but it is the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another world.
Ingenuity was carried to Mars in the belly of Nasa's Perseverance Rover, which touched down on the Red Planet in February.
This successful attempt means that a further four flights will be attempted over the coming days, each one taking the helicopter further afield.

 

[cheeseyfeet]

This is truly astounding, I've been trying unsuccessfully to get my 4 year old excited about it !

 

[Chippy_Tea]

This is truly astounding,

It certainly is, just over 60 years to go from landing the first object on another planet to flying a drone remotely on a second one

The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959. The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.