A proposed Mars helicopter mission would search for signs of life, water and future human footholds in a vast volcanic canyon ...

Although the helicopter, aptly named Ingenuity, is only a technology demonstrator, and flight operations will occupy but a small fraction of the time Mars 2020 is devoting to its science missions ...

NASA's proposed 'Nighthawk' mission aims to explore Mars' vast volcanic canyons, searching for signs of life, water and ...

Engineers working on NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Tuesday, April 16 ...

Ingenuity created a new Wright Brothers moment when it flew the Martian skies in 2021, pioneering an entirely new way of exploring Mars and captivating the global public’s attention. Built and ...

Ingenuity, a helicopter weighing only 1,800 grams, wrote a year ago a page in the history of space exploration when flying for the first time on another planet. His five planned flights on Mars ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as Orville and ...

NASA is initiating plans for a second helicopter mission to Mars, building on the achievements of the Ingenuity quadcopter, which has successfully demonstrated the viability of aerial exploration ...

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