Nasa ingenuity mars helicopter articles
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Ingenuity: NASA's remarkable Martian helicopter
When NASA added a drone named Ingenuity to its Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, it expected the tiny four-pound helicopter to fly a total of five very brief missions in the thin Martian atmosphere. But Ingenuity far surpassed all expectations, flying dozens of flights before suffering damage to its rotors in January. Correspondent David Pogue reports on how the tiny drone, created from off-the-shelf parts, continued to provide valuable data and images from the Red Planet three years into its...
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NASA shows how Mars helicopter did the impossible, and then crashed
NASA created a map showing the historic path of its Mars Ingenuity helicopter, which flew over 70 times before crashing into the Martian desert.
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See Ingenuity’s Flight Map: 72 Helicopter Flights on Mars
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter became the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet when it took to the...