NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity recently completed a pair of flights. See the first imagery from flight 33 and a time-lapse from flight 32. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | ed ...

The investigation into the Mars helicopter Ingenuity accident has found that the "lack of surface texture gave the navigation system too little information to work with,” likely causing the rotors ...

When NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took flight on Mars in April 2021, it marked a historic moment in space exploration. This small, solar-powered rotorcraft became the first aircraft to achieve ...

Ingenuity, the 19-inch-tall robotic helicopter on Mars, is not only the first vehicle to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet – it’s continuing to fly, exceeding all ...

After almost three years on the Red Planet and 72 flights into the thin Martian atmosphere, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is ending its mission due to a broken rotor blade. Mars just got a bit ...

Under the current plan, in 2030 the rover itself will deliver the sample tubes to a Mars lander for transport back home. But, if something goes wrong, a pair of small helicopters will be poised to ...

Scientists eventually located Ingenuity after six days of searching as the helicopter’s companion on Mars, the Perseverance rover, crested a ridge and drove closer to where the helicopter had ...

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has taken to the skies again following a month-long break in communications with Earth. The drone-like flying machine flew for 393 meters and stayed in the air ...

Ingenuity, the little Mars helicopter that became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, can no longer fly due to rotor blade damage, NASA announced ...

“We learned a ton,” said Grip of the process the agency used to design Ingenuity, which had opened an entirely new frontier in helicopter research with its flights through Mars’s ...

Much has been written about the plucky exploits of NASA's small Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. And all of the accolades are deserved. "The little mission that could" did, flying 72 sorties across ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Mars helicopter has now logged multiple flights on the Red Planet, claiming a ...