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WASHINGTON, 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.
NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than
The Mars helicopter took flight on January 18 but endured damage that broke one of its blades, which ended its three-year mission on the Martian world.
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.
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.