The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s shadow seen on the surface of Mars and captured by its own down-facing camera during its second test flight on April 22. NASA / JPL-Caltech Last week, NASA announced it ...
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter made spaceflight history on Monday when it lifted off Mars and rose 10 feet above the planet's surface. Never before had a spacecraft conducted a controlled, powered flight ...
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter was never supposed to last this long. NASA engineers built and tested the first self-powered aircraft to fly on another planet to answer a simple question: Could the ...
When NASA's Mars Perseverance rover touches down on the red planet on Thursday, it will arrive with a lot of precious cargo. Among the brand new technology is a drone that is set to be the first ever ...
Update: Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight on Friday, and NASA gave the helicopter an extended mission that will allow it to keep flying through May. NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter ...
Earlier this year, the beloved Mars helicopter Ingenuity ended its mission after an incredible 72 flights. Originally designed as a technology test intended to perform just five flights, NASA’s ...
Ingenuity, the 4-pound helicopter that hitched a ride to Mars on Perseverance, continues to impress us here on Earth. Not only did the solar-powered helicopter overcome massive barriers to succeed in ...
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is about to do what no other craft has done before: attempt the first powered flight on another planet. The small helicopter will lift about three meters from Martian soil, ...
NASA is back in contact with its beloved helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, two days after a communication blackout. Communications broke down on Thursday, when the little autonomous rotorcraft was sent ...
The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed its historic flight on Mars and safely landed back on the surface, according to NASA. The first powered, controlled flight on another planet took ...
NASA has made history Monday with its Ingenuity Mars helicopter completing the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet. The helicopter hovered for 30 seconds at its planned altitude of ...
For women in male-dominated industries like tech, feeling like you belong and have permission to take up space doesn’t always ...