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On April 19, 2021, the 4-pound Ingenuity craft lifted off from the planet's surface and hovered at an elevation of 10 feet before touching back down — a flight that lasted about 40 seconds but made space-exploration history as the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

On April 19, 2021, the 4-pound Ingenuity craft lifted off from the planet's surface and hovered at an elevation of 10 feet before touching back down — a flight that lasted about 40 seconds but made space-exploration history as the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

“The historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to an end,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. the end of

After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended.

On April 19, 2021, the 4-pound Ingenuity craft lifted off from the planet's surface and hovered at an elevation of 10 feet before touching back down — a flight that lasted about 40 seconds but made space-exploration history as the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter, the first aircraft to operate and fly on another planet, has come to an end after sustaining damage to one or more of its rotor blades.

(CNN) — After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter far outperformed expectations, completing 72 flights on Mars. The mission that lasted almost 1,000 Martian days.

The Ingenuity helicopter as designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. Simi Valley-based AeroVironment designed most of the hardware for Ingenuity.

(CNN) — After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended.Originally designed as an experiment, Ingenuity became the first<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/us-world/after-damaging-a-rotor-blade-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends-on-mars/">Read More</a>