It made the first flight ok!
1 posted on
04/19/2021 3:55:20 AM PDT by
Shadylake
To: Shadylake
To: Shadylake
That's its shadow. There are 2 frames from the rover mid air, full video should come tomorrow.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzVONveVgAQwNqj?format=jpg&name=small)
3 posted on
04/19/2021 4:07:10 AM PDT by
Shadylake
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4 posted on
04/19/2021 4:09:30 AM PDT by
Shadylake
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9 posted on
04/19/2021 4:48:34 AM PDT by
Shadylake
To: Shadylake; Daffynition
IDK if posting twitter links has been banned or if some variety of FReep opinion decided the place was “persona non grata”, but here goes in case it is only the latter.
NASAJPLs account is really hoppin:
>>>
A red-letter day on the Red Planet! #MarsHelicopter
Success!
“Ingenuity has performed its first flight — the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet!”
https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1384099533026566148
https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/
10 posted on
04/19/2021 5:04:07 AM PDT by
Ezekiel
("Come fly with US". Ingenuity: because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
To: Shadylake
Waiting for the Pinochet version.
14 posted on
04/19/2021 5:54:41 AM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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16 posted on
04/19/2021 6:40:14 AM PDT by
blam
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