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NASA has shown off an early rendering of an enormous Mars Chopper concept, a follow-up to the space agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

NASA Shows Off SUV-Sized “Mars Chopper” With Six Rotor Blades

By Victor Tangermann

On Mars, a little helicopter from another world bedded down for its final mission on Tuesday: to become a silent sentry on the Red Planet.

Dying Mars Helicopter Sends NASA Final Transmission

By Sharon Adarlo

Image Shows Mars Helicopter With Blade Completely Snapped Off

Image Shows Mars Helicopter With Blade Completely Snapped Off

By Frank Landymore

NASA's tiny Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has seen its last days — but its friend, the Perseverance rover, hasn't said goodbye just yet.

NASA Rover Spots Dead Mars Helicopter in Its “Final Resting Place”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ingenuity, NASA's recently-damaged Mars helicopter, has one last task before its mission is officially over: wiggling around a little.

Derelict Helicopter Will Twitch on Mars, NASA Says

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA shared pictures following its Ingenuity Mars helicopter's final flight, showing some gnarly damage to its four rotor blades.

Photos Show Catastrophic Damage to Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

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Immortal Mars Helicopter Still Soars After Emergency Landing, Takes Photo of Its Buddy

By Noor Al-Sibai

After more than two months of radio silence, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally phoned home. And it's healthy.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Makes Contact After Ghosting for Over Two Months

By Noor Al-Sibai

We have a humble suggestion: NASA should make interplanetary history once more by having its Ingenuity Mars helicopter do some sick tricks.

Suggestion: NASA Should Make Its Mars Helicopter Do Some Gnarly Tricks From “Tony Hawk”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has spotted some strange junk briefly hanging from one of its landing legs like an errant piece of toilet paper.

NASA Says “Foreign Object Debris” Briefly Stuck to Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter has run into a bit of trouble 28 successful flights and well over an entire dusty Earth year into its mission on the Red Planet.

Navigation Sensor on Mars Helicopter Dead, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

During Ingenuity's 25th flight on April 18, the tiny Mars helicopter really outdid itself, covering just over 2,300 feet at a brisk 12 mph.

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Screaming Across Alien Landscape

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plucky little Mars helicopter is once again having issues — but an ingenious workaround may have given it an extended lifespan.

NASA Is Now Running Into Serious Issues With Its Mars Helicopter

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has gone far and beyond its original task of completing five flights on the surface of the Red Planet.

NASA Scientists Thrilled to Spot Wreckage From Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

By Victor Tangermann

Enhance! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the agency's tiny four pound Ingenuity Mars helicopter from orbit — an impressive feat.

Enhance! Spacecraft Spots NASA’s Mars Helicopter All the Way From Orbit

By Victor Tangermann