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NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter
Drop Off After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready for its big journey. Over the last couple of weeks, the six-wheeled rover has stretched its...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Just Unfurled Its Legs
Going Vertical NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is getting ready to gently lower the agency's Ingenuity helicopter onto the Martian surface below it. The four pound rotocopter is currently strapped to...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own
Bitter Cold NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover. It was a bitterly cold night: temperatures can drop...
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NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly
Software Update NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity was meant to take flight in the early morning hours of Monday, marking the first time a spacecraft has lifted off the surface of another planet. But now...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Achieves Flight on Red Planet
NASA's Mars helicopter has made history. Ingenuity, a small, four-pound rotorcraft that was dropped off by the agency's Perseverance rover earlier this year, became the first manmade object to achieve...
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NASA Says Mars Helicopter Is Now Healthier Than It Was Before Flight
First Flight Early this morning, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity achieved the first-ever controlled flight on the surface of another planet, a feat met with applause and cheers at the agency's Jet...
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New Vid Shows NASA's Mars Helicopter Kicking Up Dust During Flight
Dust Cloud NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity pulled off a tremendous feat on Monday, becoming the first aircraft to perform a controlled flight off the surface of another planet. The little helicopter...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Much Longer Flight, Does Tricks
Second Flight After its first groundbreaking flight on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully took off for the second time this morning. And this time it went "bigger,"...
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Mars Helicopter Snaps Photo of Mars Rover, Way Down on the Surface
Hello Down There During its third heroic flight on the surface of Mars on April 25, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter managed to catch its big brother, the agency's Perseverance rover, in the frame of a...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Fails to Make It Off the Ground for Fourth Flight
Grounded NASA's Mars helicopter has hit a bit of a snag. "Aim high, and fly, fly again," a Thursday tweet by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reads. "The Mars Helicopter's ambitious fourth flight...
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Listen to NASA's Mars Helicopter Taking Off
Flight Sounds NASA has released the first-ever sounds of its Mars Helicopter in flight. The recordings were picked up by the Perseverance rover some 262 feet away, which used on of its two microphones...
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The Mars Helicopter Has Survived Longer Than NASA Planned
Exceeding Expectations NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has vastly exceeded expectations. The four pound rotorcraft has an impressive five flights under its belt already since being dropped off by the...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Sends Back Stunning Color Photos
Stunning Images NASA's groundbreaking Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has sent back stunning photos it took on July 5 while flying over the Red Planet's rocky landscape — and this time, they're in color. The...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Is In Trouble
Flight Anomaly NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter had to delay its 14th flight due to an "anomaly" with its flight-control motors. The flight was initially scheduled for September 18, according to a...
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NASA Says Its Mars Helicopter Does Not Have the Log4j Security Flaw
Mars Sec Division Could the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter be hacked? The answer appears to be no. The Register reported this week that circumstantial evidence indicated that the NASA mission may have been...
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NASA Is Now Running Into Serious Issues With Its Mars Helicopter
Off and On Again NASA's plucky little Mars helicopter is once again having issues — and though an ingenious workaround may have given it an extended lifespan, its days are likely numbered. In an update...
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New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Screaming Across Alien Landscape
Faster, Longer It's no secret that NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has gone far and beyond its original task of flying just five times above the Martian surface to prove that electric helicopters like...
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NASA Says "Foreign Object Debris" Briefly Stuck to Its Mars Helicopter
Martian Toilet Paper NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter spotted some strange junk briefly hanging from one of its landing legs like an errant piece of extraterrestrial toilet paper — and we still don't...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Has Died
RIP Brace yourself for tragic news. We regret to inform you that NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which has taken flight on Mars an incredible 72 times since its maiden voyage in April 2021, is no more. In...
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Photos Show Catastrophic Damage to Mars Helicopter
Rotor Damage Last week, NASA announced that its historic Ingenuity helicopter, which had taken flight on Mars an incredible 72 times since its maiden voyage in April 2021, had died. The agency's Jet...
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