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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 ...
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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 ...
New Atlas

Why send one copter to Mars when you can send six?

When NASA sent its Ingenuity helicopter to Mars aboard the Perseverance rover in 2020, the engineers built better than they knew. A demonstrator designed to prove the feasibility of flying machines on ...
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NASA Wants To Drop Helicopter Drones On Mars To Scout For Manned Landing Sites

In 2021, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab successfully launched the first powered flight on another planet with the Ingenuity drone helicopter, co-developed with AeroVironment, Inc. Now, the two are ...
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Would Helicopters Work On Mars? This Study Has A Theory For Making One

Helicopters on Mars may sound like something from a science fiction novel — or perhaps just a typical "Doctor Who" episode. But actually, they're not fully confined to the world of sci-fi; after all, ...
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Remember Ingenuity? NASA’s proposed Skyfall mission takes it further in stunning video

Introducing Skyfall: Potential Future Mission Concept for Next-gen Mars Helicopters and Exploration NASA’s incredible Ingenuity helicopter spent nearly three flying across the surface of Mars, ...