Helicopter

This time NASA's Mars robotic helicopter Ingenuity did not return.That was intentional.On Friday, Ingenuity, which last month became the first machine to fly like an airplane or a helicopter on another world, took off for the fifth time.…

Ingenuity, NASA's little Mars helicopter that could still fly, will be able to fly even more.A week and a half ago, the little flying robot made history as the first powered airplane to take off from another world. On Friday the fourth…

NASA's Mars helicopter soared again, went faster, and on its third journey through the blurry air of Mars covered a total distance about the length of an American football field.Like the first two flights, the small experimental flying…

Before the NASA Perseverance rover searches for signs of past Mars microbes, it will first take on the most technologically exciting part of its mission: flying a helicopter.Under the belly of Perseverance, a car-sized robotic vehicle that…