Boise State physics professor Brian Jackson worked with NASA to get access to Ingenuity flight data. He used it to analyze ...

It was a routine flight for the rotorcraft, which had proved that powered, controlled flight was possible on another planet, ...

One of the big firsts in 2024 came from SpaceX as it finally managed to fly its Starship into space without blowing up.

Credit: La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, is now the first drone to fly on a ...

This aircraft was NASA’s Mars Helicopter called Ingenuity. The last flight of this aircraft flew on January 18, 2024. This flight encountered some technical glitches leading to an accident.

When NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took flight on Mars in April 2021, it marked a historic moment in space exploration. This small, solar-powered rotorcraft became the first aircraft to achieve ...

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 Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, 2024, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight.

The City of La Cañada Flintridge celebrated the Jet Propulsion Propulsion Laboratory and Mars exploration with its 2025 float "Rover Rendezvous." NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first ...

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