The Ingenuity helicopter carried a piece of Wright brothers history to Mars

 

(CNN)Humanity's first Wright brothers moment on another planet will happen in April. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first controlled, powered flight on Mars no earlier than April 8, according to NASA. It's fitting that the mission, an experimental companion to the Perseverance rover, is carrying a piece of history. A postage-stamp-size piece of muslin fabric that covered one of the wings from the Wright brothers' Flyer 1 is attached to a cable beneath the helicopter's solar panel. A different piece of the wing's material, known as "Pride of the West" -- along with a splinter of wood from the Flyer -- was flown on Apollo 11 in 1969, traveling to the moon and back....Click Here To Read This Article....