NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completes its first historic flight

According to NASA, the Ingenuity helicopter has completed its historic flight on Mars and safely landed back on the surface, Report informs, citing the Turkish NTV channel.

The first powered, controlled flight on another planet took place at 3:30 a.m. ET.

Unlike when the helicopter's fellow traveler, the Perseverance rover, landed on Mars on February 18, there was a bit of wait to know how the aircraft fared in its attempt.

The helicopter team was in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, early Monday morning to receive and analyze the first data from Ingenuity's flight attempt.

The flight was originally scheduled for April 11, but plans shifted after a command-sequence issue was discovered when the helicopter went through a system of preflight checks with its software.