NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, is now the first drone to ...

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.

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

The featureless, rippled ground confused the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

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 ...

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.

Nearly a year after NASA's Ingenuity helicopter crash landed on Mars following an extended, remarkably successful mission, engineers have determined the most likely culprit: Flight over sand ...

Months after NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter crash-landed into the dusty surface of Mars, scientists have finally figured out what went wrong. Ingenuity was the first aircraft to ever fly on ...

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 ...

After almost three years of operating on the Red Planet, Ingenuity crashed during its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, suffering rotor damage that rendered it incapable of ever flying again.

[Related: 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.