Update for 11:30 a.m. EST on Jan. 21: NASA announced on Saturday evening (Jan. 20) that it has reestablished contact with Ingenuity after instructing the Perseverance rover "to perform long-duration ...

After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended. Originally designed as an experiment, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to operate and ...

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 ...

NASA said on Thursday its Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity, the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world, has been grounded for good after flying dozens of times over three ...

It's a sad day in the science community as researchers and engineers worldwide salute NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity as the space agency has announced the helicopter's mission has ended. NASA ...

NASA’s groundbreaking Mars helicopter dubbed Ingenuity has flown for the last time. The innovative piece of machinery landed on the Red Planet alongside the Perseverance Rover on Feb. 18, 2021. Over ...

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Before the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) ...

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 ...

This processed, cropped image shows Ingenuity at its final landing spot on Mars. NASA’s pioneering Mars helicopter Ingenuity took to the air for its final flight on January 18. The mini rotorcraft ...

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 ...

With NASA's pioneering Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded forever after a hard landing, the time has come to mourn the first flying machine every to soar on another world and you can watch it live ...

Now uncocooned from its protective carbon-fiber shield, the helicopter is being readied for its next steps. NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the ...