With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with the spacecraft Perseverance. Set for liftoff this week, the newest rover is taking a helicopter along for an otherworldly test flight.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter conducted its 63rd Mars flight, flying 1,901 feet (579 meters) horizontally. Credit: Space.com | ...

The Skyfall concept reimagines Mars landings, deploying a six-helicopter swarm to autonomously scout for resources and future ...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity appears to be missing rotor blades in Perseverance rover imagery captured. The rover's SuperCam ...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter damaged its rotor blade during its Flight 72 landing on Jan. 25, 2024. NASA/JPL/AFP via Getty Images ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

In 2015, the Mars helicopter team was preparing a presentation for NASA headquarters to ask for funding to build a prototype known as a “risk reduction vehicle.” ...

On February 18, 2021, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter (shown in an artist's concept) will be the two newest explorers on the red planet. NASA/JPL-Caltech Flying on Mars vs ...

NASA’s Mars helicopter has been grounded since January 18 after suffering damage to one of its rotors as it came in to land. But its work is not done.

When the Ingenuity helicopter takes flight on Mars this month, the technology demonstration could pave the way for future powered, controlled flight on Mars and other planets in our solar system ...

When NASA launches its next Mars rover, Perseverance, on July 30th, the spacecraft will carry a tiny helicopter called Ingenuity to the Red Planet. Once on the surface, the helicopter will attempt ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the planet’s thin air Monday, achieving the first powered flight on another planet.