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NASA sent a helicopter to Mars as a test - then it flew 72 times

The first rover ever sent to Mars landed with the Soviet Mars 3 mission in 1971, but the signal died after just 14 seconds ...
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Time-lapse of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's 32nd and 33rd flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity recently completed a pair of flights. See the first imagery from flight 33 and a time-lapse ...

NASA's Mars Helicopter Actually Breaks The Sound Barrier

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of ...
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter team says goodbye—for now

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight. Part of one of ...

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology

A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are designing next-generation Martian ...

NASA’s Mars helicopter blades broke the sound barrier without disintegrating, and JPL may have unlocked the next leap in alien flight

NASA engineers spun next-gen Mars helicopter blades past Mach 1 without shattering them. See how JPL unlocked the future of alien flight.