NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity was meant to take flight in the early morning hours of Monday, marking the first time a spacecraft has lifted off the surface of another planet. But now it sounds like ...

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has performed its shortest-ever flight, the first after a major software update that will allow the little chopper to land more safely and navigate over rugged terrain ...

The long-awaited maiden flight of an experimental $80 million mini helicopter carried to Mars by the Perseverance rover is on hold while engineers test software to resolve a glitch that cropped up ...

The little chopper traveled 203 feet (62 meters) on Dec. 17. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter ...

The first flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars is still delayed, but the mission's team is working on a solution to make it possible. The helicopter returned data to mission teams on Earth late ...

NASA is preparing to "patch" the flight computer software on its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to prepare it for flight again after its winter hibernation. The software patch, which essentially hacks ...