The Ingenuity Mars helicopter has been more successful than anyone dared hope, lasting far, far beyond its originally planned five flights. The little helicopter recently made its 66th flight and has ...
An illustration depicts the Mars helicopter Ingenuity on Mars. NASA lost contact with the chopper this week during its 72nd flight on the red planet. Image courtesy of NASA Jan. 20 (UPI) --NASA says ...
The carbon fiber blades’ rotation almost reached Mach 1. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA recently released a video showing a ...
The space agency is still trying to figure out what may have caused Ingenuity's mission-ending damage, leading to the proposed spin test. Reading time 2 minutes It’s been a week since NASA announced ...
Pull out your red-and-blue 3D glasses: Ingenuity's latest flight, at its lowest altitude ever, has returned a three-dimensional tableau of the Martian landscape, including one big rock. Share on ...
Last week, one of the most innovative missions in space exploration came to a bitter end. NASA’s famously successful Ingenuity rotorcraft — the 3.5-pound helicopter-like robot collecting samples on ...
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