Although the helicopter, aptly named Ingenuity, is only a technology demonstrator, and flight operations will occupy but a small fraction of the time Mars 2020 is devoting to its science missions ...

The first color aerial photo captured of the surface of Mars During NASA's Ingenuity helicopter's second successful flight on Mars, on April 22, it took color aerial photos of the planet's surface.

Ingenuity, a helicopter weighing only 1,800 grams, wrote a year ago a page in the history of space exploration when flying for the first time on another planet. His five planned flights on Mars ...

NASA's Mars helicopter flew for the 62nd time. Flight Statistics: Horizontal Distance: 268 m / ~880 ft Max. Altitude: 18 m / ~59 ft Max. Groundspeed: 10 kph / ~22.4 mph Duration: 121.1 seconds Credit: ...

Nasa’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter transmitted its final message to Earth and will now serve as an immobile data-gathering unit on the red planet’s surface, the space agency said last month.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has completed over 50 successful flights on Mars, surpassing all expectations for what was ...

Perseverance snapped this shot on April 5, 2021, of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian surface. NASA Ginny arrived on the Red Planet fastened at the bottom of Perseverance on February 18 ...

NASA announced this weekend that its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will now take its first flight on Monday, April 19. This will be the first powered flight achieved on another planet. A live stream ...

NASA is initiating plans for a second helicopter mission to Mars, building on the achievements of the Ingenuity quadcopter, which has successfully demonstrated the viability of aerial exploration ...

A space helicopter is speeding toward Mars, tucked in the belly of NASA's new Perseverance rover. Perseverance will be NASA's fifth rover to Mars, but its miniature-helicopter stowaway — called ...