NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, in a close-up from the Perseverance rover's cameras. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU 2024-01-26T00:23:32Z Share. Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link. An icon in ...

After three years of service, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter has flown on Mars for the last time. Earlier this month, during its 72nd flight, Ingenuity stopped communicating with the Perseverance rover.

An illustration of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flying on Mars. In April 2021, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to complete a powered, controlled flight on another planet. NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

NASA is still investigating Ingenuity’s communications dropout and how it landed after Flight 72. The solar-powered helicopter remains in touch with the rover for now, but it's out of camera range.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Ends Mission on the Red Planet after 3 Years. NASA’s enterprising Mars helicopter and its remarkable 72 flights offered a new vision of planetary exploration.

Brace yourself for tragic news. We regret to inform you that NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which has taken flight on Mars an incredible 72 times since its maiden voyage in April 2021, is no more ...

NASA's small Ingenuity helicopter landed on Mars aboard the Perseverance rover in 2021 and made its first flight in April of that year. The helicopter, which weighs just 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms ...

NASA’s robot helicopter Ingenuity completed its final mission after a historic 72 flights on Mars. via REUTERS. Ingenuity ultimately buzzed over the Martian terrain 14 times farther than ...

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has been grounded since January 18 after suffering damage to one of its rotors as it came in to land. The team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ...

NASA’s plucky Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight altitude record on Mars on Saturday. In a mission lasting 52 seconds, the 4-pound, 19-inch-tall machine reached a height of 46 feet over the ...