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 powered, ...

NASA says its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, broke beyond repair during a mysterious communication lapse. Imagery suggests that at least one of the helicopter's blades was damaged during its final flight ...

Investigating an aircraft crash is no simple task here on Earth. Imagine how much more difficult it would be to diagnose a ...

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 ...

NASA held a tribute to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s legacy on Wednesday. Watch the event in the player above. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named ...

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter throws a shadow on the dusty surface on Aug. 2, 2023 when it was still operational as a flying machine. NASA’s history-making Ingenuity helicopter flew its last flight ...

Mars just got a bit quieter now that the whirring blades of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter have fallen silent. The tiny craft was about the size of a tissue box, with four spindly legs and a set of ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (CNN) — After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended. Originally designed as an experiment, Ingenuity became ...

After nearly three years soaring through the red skies of Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is permanently grounded. The agency launched the little four-pound chopper in July 2020, with Ingenuity ...

Designed to fly just five times over 30 days, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter lasted nearly three years, soaring across the surface of Mars and logging 72 flights before a hard or tilted landing that ...