Posted on April 19, 2021 by Generation MarsIngenuity flies! Today, Ingenuity flew for the first time. First Video of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight – NASA Mars Exploration In this video captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. NASA Mars Exploration And I wrote 442 words.