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Now playing Next Mobility Watch NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter take its first flight on Mars NASA made history today in pulling off the first controlled, powered flight of an aircraft on another planet. The Ingenuity helicopter travelled to the Red Planet attached to the underside of the Perseverance Rover which landed on Mars in February of this year. 19/04/2021
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Now playing Next no comment Astronauts work on International Space Station upgrades in spacewalk Two astronauts were scheduled to complete a six hour spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station. 13/03/2021
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Now playing Next world news NASA's Mars rover Perseverance does first drive on red planet Perseverance moved forward a bit, turned 150 degrees and then backed up a few metres in its first test drive. 06/03/2021
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Now playing Next world news The most striking images from this week's top stories Here is our round-up of the week's biggest news stories as captured through the lens' of photographers around the world. 20/02/2021