With NASA's pioneering Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded forever after a hard landing, the time has come to mourn the first flying machine every to soar on another world and you can watch it live ...

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 ...

The "Mars Chopper" as NASA is calling it, appears bulkier compared to its predecessor and has a greater payload capacity. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, designed for five test flights, surpassed ...

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...

The initial plan was to rely on another rover to pick them up, but the success of the Ingenuity helicopter over on Mars seems to have made NASA consider if using airborne vehicles would not be a ...

On January 18, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the last time. Given that on landing its rotors broke off, that's a pretty definitive conclusion. Not that Ingenuity didn't have a good ...

LEADERSHIP CHANGES ARE HAPPENING AT NASA AS A NEW ADMINISTRATION ... LIKE PERSEVERANCE HERE AND INGENUITY, THE HELICOPTER TO EXPLORE, FIND SAMPLES, SEE IF THERE’S LIFE ON MARS.