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The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.

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Ingenuity (helicopter)

Retired NASA helicopter on the Mars 2020 mission

Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous NASA helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and becoming…
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April 19

Day of the year

April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 256 days remain until the end of the year.
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