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Mars Helicopter Updates Overview: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed 72 flights since first taking to the skies above the Red Planet, ending its mission on Jan. 25, 2024. Look at the archived mission updates written by the Mars Helicopter team.
- After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter ...
NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended...
- Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - NASA Science
The Legacy of Ingenuity. On April 19, 2021, NASA's Ingenuity...
- NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes 50th Flight
7/25. Watch on. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made...
- Flight 34 Preview – By the Numbers - NASA Science
Mastcam-Z Gives Ingenuity a Close-up: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars...
- NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First One-Way Trip
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight...
- After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter ...
Jul 30, 2020 · The Legacy of Ingenuity. On April 19, 2021, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it completed the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. It flew for the last time on January 18, 2024. Designed to be a technology demonstration that would make no more than five test flights in 30 days, the helicopter eventually ...
Apr 13, 2023 · The first aircraft on another world reached the half-century mark on April 13, 2023, traveling over 1,057 feet and achieving a new altitude record of 59 feet. The helicopter team plans to perform another repositioning flight before exploring the Fall River Pass region of Jezero Crater.
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Jan 25, 2024 · NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades ...
Dec 8, 2023 · The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity, the first robot ever to explore the skies of a world beyond Earth, made its 68th Red Planet flight on Friday (Dec. 15). The little chopper covered 2,304...
Nov 9, 2022 · Mastcam-Z Gives Ingenuity a Close-up: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU. Flight number: 34. Date of flight: NET Nov. 10.
May 7, 2021 · NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight on the Red Planet today with its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to an airfield 423 feet (129 meters) to the south. After arrival above its new airfield, Ingenuity climbed to an altitude record of 33 feet (10 meters) and captured high-resolution color images of its ...
