NASA's 2024 started with a crash that brought an abrupt end to one of its most remarkable missions of recent years.

The otherworldly helicopter, with its 36 blades, is the size of an SUV—a major upgrade from Ingenuity's four blades.

Engineers now say they understand the most likely cause of the Ingenuity helicopter's crash landing on Mars earlier this year ...

RIP Mars Ingenuity, the ‘little helicopter that could’] The rotorcraft’s flying career ended on January 18, 2024, however, when a botched landing appeared to fatally damage its blades.

Nearly a year after NASA's Ingenuity helicopter crash landed on Mars following ... this large aircraft concept with six rotors and 36 blades that could fly its own science payload around Mars.

The "Mars Chopper" as NASA is calling it, appears bulkier compared to its predecessor and has a greater payload capacity.

NASA is developing a next-gen Mars helicopter, larger and more capable than Ingenuity, to enhance exploration of the Red ...

The first aircraft to achieve a powered, controlled flight on another planet, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, crashed on Mars 11 months ago when its navigation system became befuddled by a bland, ...

Moving on from the success of the Ingenuity drone, NASA has released a rendering of its next-generation vehicle for aerial flight on Mars, known as the Mars Chopper.

Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...

The investigation suggests that a failure in Ingenuity's navigation system led to a hard landing, causing the mission to end.