Carrying a small piece of fabric from the first aircraft to gain flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the helicopter Ingenuity flew on Mars Monday morning, the first flight on another planet.
Science and Technology
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press
The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. The mini 4-pound copter named Ingenuity, in fact, carried a bit of wing fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer.