- The Mars helicopter Ingenuity, once a flight technology demonstrator, is now vital for studying Martian winds at various altitudes, offering insights into wind speeds and directions.

Ingenuity, the tiny helicopter that has hovered over Mars 55 times since April 2021, will continue mapping the planet's surface as long as it can still fly, the former team lead at NASA's Jet ...

The past 12 months on Mars have been both “exciting” and “exhausting” for scientists and engineers minding the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter. And the mission is only really ...

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Space NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success. The Ingenuity autonomous helicopter surpassed all expectations to fly dozens of missions over several years on the Red ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter launched in the summer of 2020 and landed in Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021 attached to the underside of the Perseverance rover.Perseverance deployed the ...

Ingenuity is ready for its closeup, Mr. DeMille. NASA’s surprisingly long-lived Mars helicopter is the star of a new image captured by the Perseverance rover on Wednesday. It’s a rare detailed ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A new study ...

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 ...

The milestone came at the same time as another NASA vehicle, its Ingenuity helicopter that hitched a ride to Mars with Perseverance, was potentially given a new purpose following its final flight.