Now uncocooned from its protective carbon-fiber shield, the helicopter is being readied for its next steps. NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the ...

NASA made history with a successful first flight of its experimental helicopter on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet. The American space agency made its first controlled ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The aerial exploration of Mars has begun. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter lifted off on the Red ...

Had you been at Jezero Crater on Mars earlier today, you would have seen something remarkable - a little helicopter about the size of a tissue box on long spindly legs lifting off from the floor of ...

NASA has performed a rigorous technical analysis of the Ingenuity helicopter’s final flight on Mars. The experimental rotorcraft was the first to achieve powered flight on another celestial body. On ...

A new video from NASA now brings all of the 72 flights of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter in one, and it shows off the many ventures of the tiny space chopper across the Martian skyline. Initially ...

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Before the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) ...

Humanity's first Wright Brothers moment on another planet will happen in April. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first powered flight on Mars no earlier than April 8, according to NASA.

NASA’s Mars helicopter was set to make its first flight attempt on Sunday, but the flight has now been delayed as officials review an issue in data reported from the machine. NASA said the data in ...