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.

Nighthawk would fly to altitudes of up to 4,920 feet (1,500 meters) above the Martian average, covering distances of up to ...

The little Ingenuity drone proved that helicopters can play a revolutionary role in Mars exploration. Now, NASA is thinking ...

Unfortunately, while Mars helicopter plans charge forward in China and India, the next American vehicles have been put on ice. Last year, NASA shelved plans for a set of twin helicopters planned ...

A NASA helicopter recently captured a surreal image of what looks like an otherworldly crash site on Mars, raising intrigue about what—or who—might have left it behind. As the first powered ...

NASA is initiating plans for a second helicopter mission to Mars, building on the achievements ... initial goal of five test flights within 30 days. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...