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NASA's Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s little Mars helicopter aced its second test flight Thursday, soaring even higher and longer than before.

The 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper, named Ingenuity, hovered longer and also flew side to side this time, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

It achieved the intended altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) and even accelerated sideways 7 feet (2 meters). This hop lasted 52 seconds, 13 seconds longer than the first one. “Go big or go home!” JPL tweeted in announcing the Earth Day news.

The success came just three days after Ingenuity made the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. The helicopter carried a bit of wing fabric from the Wright Flyer that made similar history at

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