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The Morning After: NASA makes more flight plans for the Mars copter Remember game demos? While there are many free-to-play titles these days, it seems like most high-profile games don’t give players a way to try them out without paying the full price up front. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/ingenuity-mars-drone-tma-135905103.html

NASA's Mars helicopter becomes the first aircraft to fly on another planet NASA just made aviation history. The agency has confirmed that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter completed its initial test flight, making it the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-mars-ingenuity-helicopter-first-flight-124343002.html

Watch NASA’s mission control track the first flight on Mars NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is slated to attempt the first-ever powered flight on another world at 3:30AM ET on Monday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/18/22376033/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter-watch-ground-control-live-stream-time

NASA will attempt to fly its Mars helicopter on April 19th NASA finally has a new flight date for its Mars helicopter after a bug fix prompted a delay. The space agency now expects to fly Ingenuity "no earlier than" April 19th at about 3:30AM Eastern. Don't worry about staying up all night to follow along, though. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-flight-date-184556782.html