NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Ends Mission on the Red Planet after 3 Years

NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Ends Mission on the Red Planet after 3 Years

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It's almost an understatement to say that it has surpassed expectations, Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division, said during a press conference on January 25. Ingenuity absolutely shattered our paradigm of exploration, introducing this new dimension of aerial mobility.

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The helicopter's handlers reestablished communication with the little chopper on January 20, and they had hoped to get Ingenuity flying again. But an image taken after that final flight shows the shadow of a battered rotor blade.

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