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 ...

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, is now the first drone to fly on a parade float — in the form of a flower-covered replica.

Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, 2024, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight.

It was a routine flight for the rotorcraft, which had proved that powered, controlled flight was possible on another planet, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been stealing ... made the trip to the Red Planet along with it. The Mars Helicopter — named “Ingenuity,” in case you were wondering — rode along with ...

NASA has unveiled the successor of its highly successful Ingenuity helicopter that roamed over the surface of Mars for over three years after landing there alongside the Perseverance Rover in 2020.

Almost one year ago, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter performed its final flight on Mars. The drone was designed only as a technology demonstration, but its incredible success has made aerial ...

While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

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.

Credit: La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, is now the first drone to fly on a ...