Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its ...

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

"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect ...

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

NASA had to do just that after its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter suffered an accident on Jan. 18, 2024, that has since left it grounded in a crater on Mars.

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 ...

The 4-pound helicopter will attempt to fly solo a few months after the rover touches down on Mars. It will first try to rise 10 feet into the planet's extremely thin atmosphere and fly forward up ...

Ingenuity, the 19-inch-tall robotic helicopter on Mars, is not only the first vehicle to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet – it’s continuing to fly, exceeding all ...

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 ...

The helicopter is only 19 inches tall and weighs about four pounds, with two four-foot-long carbon-fiber rotors spinning in opposite directions. “What will we be flying on Mars in 24 years' time?

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this shot while hovering over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet.

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 ...