The Ingenuity is now retired after logging more than two hours of total flight time. If you think drones delivering to homes are impressive, then a small helicopter controlled from another planet is a marvel.
Ingenuity keeps on proving its quality flight after flight. Ingenuity gives humanity another fantastic peek at Mars' surface. NASA's little helicopter recently captured a new photo during its mission on Mars, showing what it can still do after surpassing its expected lifespan ten times over.
Can NASA's Ingenuity helicopter go for 50 flights? NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter is now the little helicopter that can. The space agency's companion helicopter to its Perseverance rover has successfully executed its 49th flight on the Red Planet while making records of how it did so.