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NASA Mars helicopter ends mission after 1,004 days, exceeding all expectations

When NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter lost contact just above the surface of Mars on January 18, 2024, it marked the end of a ...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes off and spins as Perseverance watches

NASA Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z captured the Ingenuity helicopter's 54th flight on Mars last month. A camera onboard ...
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NASA successfully completes second, more challenging Mars helicopter flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...
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What Happened To NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter From The Mars 2020 Mission?

In 2020, NASA launched the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as part of its Mars 2020 mission, hitching the small rotorcraft aboard the Perseverance rover. The craft touched down on Mars' Jezero Crater on 18 ...
CNET

NASA Sent 3 Drones to Death Valley to Prepare for Travel to Mars

NASA hit a snag last year when the Ingenuity Mars helicopter crashed on the Red Planet. The space agency concluded that the crash was caused by the vehicle's inability to discern flat ground from ...
techtimes

NASA Tests 3 Drones in Death Valley to Prepare for Mars Mission and Solve Ingenuity's Issues

NASA has sent over three drones to the famed Death Valley in California for a team to test the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in extreme conditions. The space agency launched this test in hopes of ...
Rapid City Journal

NASA sending helicopter to Mars, aiming for an aviation first

NASA has long been able to check out Mars on the ground with rovers and landers and from far above with orbital spacecraft. Now, it wants to prove that it can sustainably fly around the planet's thin ...