NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...

Martian helicopters might seem like a sci-fi concept, as Mars' atmosphere isn't friendly to aircraft. But actually, the idea is more real than you might think.

In 2021, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab successfully launched the first powered flight on another planet with the Ingenuity drone helicopter, co-developed with AeroVironment, Inc. Now, the two are ...

The investigation into the Mars helicopter Ingenuity accident has found that the "lack of surface texture gave the navigation system too little information to work with,” likely causing the rotors ...

The little Ingenuity drone proved that helicopters can play a revolutionary role in Mars exploration. Now, NASA is thinking ahead to bigger and better things. On the back of the success of Ingenuity, ...

NASA says its history-making Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown for the last time: The space agency says its rotor blades were damaged as the craft was landing, and it won't fly again. Thursday ...

AeroVironment and NASA's JPL have unveiled "Skyfall," a concept for a fleet of six autonomous Mars helicopters to launch by 2028. Skyfall builds upon the success of Ingenuity, aiming for a more ...

It’s been more than a year since the Ingenuity helicopter broke one of its blades, ending its experimental stint on Mars. On the heels of this wildly successful NASA mission, a defense contractor has ...

Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its concept for a mission consisting of half a dozen autonomous helicopters that ...

A slick trailer shows how NASA could five-up itself if the successor to Ingenuity is a whole batch of little sisters. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...