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The Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

January 29, 2024

Nasa’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity has ended its mission – its success paves the way for more flying vehicles on other planets and moons

Kevin Olsen, University of Oxford

Among the missions being planned is a huge helicopter drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan.

Perseverance took a selfie next to its biggest accomplishment yet – the two small drill holes where the rover took samples of Martian rocks. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

October 7, 2021

Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists

Melissa Rice, Western Washington University and Briony Horgan, Purdue University

Perseverance and its helicopter sidekick, Ingenuity, have been on Mars for nearly nine months. The duo have taken rock samples, performed first flights and taken images of the delta in Jezero Crater.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on its first flight, captured by cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April 19, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)

April 21, 2021

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flight on Mars opens up new frontiers in space exploration

Jesse Rogerson, York University, Canada

The Ingenuity is a drone-like helicopter that completed its first flight on Mars. This achievement reflects a new horizon for space exploration, as new places are discovered and studied.

April 20, 2021

So a helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal

Gail Iles, RMIT University

Flying the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars is the equivalent of flying one at about 100,000 feet on Earth. Tricky, considering the highest helicopter flight ever recorded maxed out at 42,000 feet.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovers over the Martian surface. NASA

April 19, 2021

Mars: how Ingenuity helicopter made the first flight on another planet

Monica Grady, The Open University

The maiden flight of Mars helicopter was a significant advance in propulsion technology.

In a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., engineers observed the first driving test for the Mars rover, Perseverance. Perseverance will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize Mars’ climate and geology, and collect samples for a future return to Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech

July 31, 2020

NASA’s big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home

Briony Horgan, Purdue University and Melissa Rice, Western Washington University

This summer, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is taking the next giant leap in our search for signs of life beyond Earth.

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