NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...
Engineers say they "did not intentionally plan such a stressful flight." NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered and controlled aircraft to take flight on another planet, survived a "stressful" ...
The Ingenuity helicopter survived its first night on the freezing-cold surface of Mars, a major milestone in the rotorcraft's journey ahead of its historic first flight. Jezero Crater, an ancient lake ...
AeroVironment and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) unveiled "Skyfall," a concept for potential future Mars helicopter missions targeting a 2028 deployment. Building on the success of the ...
The ESCAPADE Mars mission is scheduled to launch atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on Wednesday (Nov. 12) and you can watch ...
It’s been more than a year since the Ingenuity helicopter broke one of its blades, ending its experimental stint on Mars. On the heels of this wildly successful NASA mission, a defense contractor has ...
NASA announced this week the Ingenuity helicopter will attempt its first test flight over Mars on Monday. The flight is scheduled for Sunday, but results won’t make it back to Earth until Monday. A ...
NASA's Mars helicopter successfully touched down on the red planet. The Ingenuity disconnected from the Perseverance Rover late Saturday. It must now survive a cold night on Mars where surface ...
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, ...