NEW DELHI: Nasa‘s Perseverance Rover took a picture of the broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter lying motionless on the sandy dune of the Red planet, the Space reported.The photo was taken on February 4, 2024, at 1.05 pm local mean solar time, just over two weeks after it sustained mission-ending damage.The copter that had made history … Read more
Ingenuity was supposed to make five flights on Mars over a 30-day period. But it went on to spend nearly three years on the red planet covering 14 times as much ground as initially planned.NASA‘s little helicopter on Mars, “Ingenuity,” has taken its last flight, the US space agency announced on Thursday.“It is bittersweet that … Read more
Nasa‘s pioneering Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has officially concluded its mission after an ambitious and groundbreaking journey on the Red Planet. This innovative rotorcraft, initially intended as a brief technology demonstration, far exceeded expectations by completing 72 flights, showcasing the potential for aerial exploration on other planets.What’s driving the newsIngenuity’s mission came to an end after … Read more
WASHINGTON: Nasa has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end.Ingenuity, a drone about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) tall, arrived on Mars in 2021 aboard the rover Perseverance and became the first motorized craft … Read more
