The featureless, rippled ground confused the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

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.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

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.

It’s been nearly a year since the record-breaking Ingenuity helicopter broke a blade, ending the airborne ventures of the first powered, controlled aircraft to take flight on another planet.

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.

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.

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 ...

Even in death, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is helping us learn about ... about a third of the length from the tip of each blade. This damage made the rotor system vibrate, which ripped out one ...