The investigation suggests that a failure in Ingenuity's navigation system led to a hard landing, causing the mission to end.
NASA scientists have unveiled a concept design for their next helicopter that will explore Mars - The Mars Chopper. A short animation depicts the NASA concept for the craft that will buzz around the ...
"When running an accident investigation from 100 million miles away, you don't have any black boxes!" NASA's Håvard Grip said ...
After over 70 flights, the Ingenuity helicopter — the first craft to ever make a powered, controlled flight on another planet ...
Ingenuity ultimately operated for nearly three years and performed 72 flights over that span. On its final flight, the helicopter climbed to 40 feet (12 meters) above the Martian surface, but after 32 ...
An image from the Perseverance rover of the Ingenuity helicopter and one of its blades (left) after its final landing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS ...
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, designed initially for only five flights, has surpassed expectations by completing 72 successful missions on Mars. One of its recent discoveries, however, was not expected ...