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Watch NASA’s mission control track the first flight on Mars Data from Ingenuity’s first flight attempt will reach NASA early Monday morning Share this story NASA/JPL NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is slated to attempt the first-ever powered flight on another world at 3:30AM ET on Monday. The twin-blade rotorcraft will try to ascend 10 feet above ground and hover in place for 30 seconds while cameras on NASA’s Perseverance rover record the historic attempt from a distance. The four-pound In...

Ingenuity’s flight on Mars is delayed again as NASA fixes a software bug NASA will come up with a new date next week after engineers upload Ingenuity’s new software Share this story Image: NASA / JPL The first flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter was delayed again after running into a glitch in the rotorcraft’s flight control software during tests last week. The mini helicopter remains grounded on the surface of Mars’ Jezero Crater while it waits for engineers to tweak, test, an...

NASA’s Mars copter survives brisk night alone in key pre-flight test Severed from Perseverance, Ingenuity proves it can spend nights on its own Share this story Image: NASA / JPL NASA’s mini Ingenuity helicopter survived its first night all alone on the surface of Mars after getting dropped off by Perseverance on Saturday. Weathering frigid Martian temperatures, the newly deployed rotorcraft passed an important test of independence, giving engineers confidence to proceed with a series of wa...