NASA’s first Mars helicopter turned a risky experiment into a new way of exploring another world, and now its successors are ...

NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity appears to be missing rotor blades in Perseverance rover imagery captured. The rover's SuperCam ...

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it ...

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...

NASA is stress-testing new Mars exploration tech in Earth's harshest deserts, revealing surprising insights into how future ...

NASA has sent over three drones for a test in California's Death Valley, and it aims to solve the issues of Ingenuity for a ...

This video highlights the Rover Operations Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A center of excellence for current and ...

In 2020, NASA launched the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as part of its Mars 2020 mission, hitching the small rotorcraft aboard the Perseverance rover. The craft touched down on Mars' Jezero Crater on 18 ...

Helicopters on Mars may sound like something from a science fiction novel — or perhaps just a typical "Doctor Who" episode. But actually, they're not fully confined to the world of sci-fi; after all, ...

Engineers say they "did not intentionally plan such a stressful flight." NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered and controlled aircraft to take flight on another planet, survived a "stressful" ...

Defense tech company AeroVironment and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars to scout for water and possible human ...