[ad_1] NASA said in January that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s historic mission ended after one of its rotor blades was damaged during landing. The helicopter is permanently grounded due to its broken rotor, and now, the Perseverance rover has taken images of the helicopter and the damage it sustained. Ingenuity was initially designed as a … Read more
[ad_1] Perseverance detects Ingenuity at its last airfield: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars helicopter at its last airfield on February 4, 2024. The helicopter damaged its rotor blades during landing on its 72nd flight on January 18, 2024. The Ingenuity team has dubbed the location where the helicopter completed … Read more
[ad_1] After 72 flights and three years, NASA has retired Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter that became the first aircraft operated outside the Earth’s atmosphere. During its final flight on January 18, the drone lost contact with its Perseverance rover counterpart. Communication was reestablished two days later. Unfortunately, the exercise, which was intended to be “a … Read more