the rover sent back pictures showing the helicopter had sustained major damage to its rotors. Flight controllers initially suspected Ingenuity made a hard landing at a steep angle, causing its ...

The featureless, rippled ground confused the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

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, ...

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.

Ahead of a full technical report that’s expected to be released in the next few weeks, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and AeroVironment have revealed what’s believed to be ...

[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.

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 ...

After mission command on Earth re-established the communication, it was discovered that Ingenuity had sustained damage to its rotors. "When running an accident investigation from 100 million miles ...

The purpose of the investigation was to ascertain the likely causes for Ingenuity’s final flight, as the team found damage to the helicopter’s rotor blades in images sent back to Earth. This ...

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

Even in death, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is helping us learn about Mars. The small aircraft met the demise of its main mission on 18 January 2024, after nearly three epic years of flitting ...

However, JPL scientists added that, aside from its mission-ending rotor damage, Ingenuity remains in otherwise good health. In fact, if you were to ask the helicopter itself, Ingenuity would ...