Engineers working on NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter ... mission ended after the helicopter experienced a hard landing on its last flight, significantly damaging its rotor blades.

Nasa's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has officially ended its nearly three-year mission after sustaining rotor damage during ...

Although the helicopter ... a traditional rotor design would likely tear itself to pieces on Mars. So the blades for Ingenuity were designed to be extremely stiff while at the same time being ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The Perseverance rover is the star of the Mars 2020 mission, but the Mars Ingenuity ...

His five planned flights on Mars ... that the helicopter had not suffered any damage during the journey and separation from Perseverance. The second focused on the first night that Ingenuity ...

The rover and its helicopter sidekick, Ingenuity, have captured stunning images of Mars and collected 23 ... appear to be over after it sustained rotor damage in January after landing on its ...

Nasa’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter transmitted its final message to Earth and will now serve as an immobile data-gathering unit on the red planet’s surface, the space agency said last month.

Like the rover, the helicopter, which has two rotors that spin 2,400 revolutions per minute, was named as part of a student essay contest. The winning name was announced Wednesday: Ingenuity.

NASA is initiating plans for a second helicopter mission to Mars ... new rotor designs that feature carbon fiber blades, which are approximately four inches longer than those used in Ingenuity.

A NASA helicopter ... crash site on Mars, raising intrigue about what—or who—might have left it behind. As the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, Ingenuity’s mission was ...