Space Daily May 20, 2026 • 11:07

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed 72 flights in an atmosphere less than one percent as dense as Earth's before rotor blade damage grounded it in 2024, and JPL had originally designed it for just five test flights, and the lessons from its overperformance - Space Daily

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed 72 flights in an atmosphere less than one percent as dense as Earth's before rotor blade damage grounded it in 2024, and JPL had originally designed it for just five test flights, and the lessons from its overperformance - Space Daily

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was designed to attempt up to five experimental test flights over thirty days. It performed 72 flights over almost three years before rotor blade damage on 18 January 2024 grounded it for good. The follow-on work, inside JPL a…

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was designed to attempt up to five experimental test flights over thirty days. It performed 72 flights over almost three years before rotor blade damage on 18 January… [+5268 chars]
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