NASA announces end of history-making Mars helicopter mission
NASA’s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity, which achieved the first powered flight on another planet in 2021, can no longer fly, marking the end of its mission. Ingenuity experienced communication issues and had a bent carbon fiber rotor blade. Originally intended for a 30-day mission with five flights, Ingenuity completed 72 flights over nearly three years, flying a distance 14 times greater than initially planned.