NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, is now the first drone to fly on a parade float — in the form of a flower-covered replica.

The Ingenuity helicopter is not equipped with any scientific ... and NASA as a whole to imagine what kind of sights a true Mars drone would be able to capture as it explored the Red Planet.

A proposed Mars helicopter mission would search for signs of life, water and future human footholds in a vast volcanic canyon network. The little Ingenuity drone proved that helicopters can play a ...

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NASA wants to test the feasibility of using drones like the Mars helicopter for future missions. If Ingenuity proves its worth, Mars missions with aerial drones could provide a wealth of ...

Ingenuity, a helicopter weighing only 1,800 grams ... “in five or ten years”, instead of a rover, a series of drones can be sent to Mars with different scientific instruments, this one ...

The Space Foundation's 40th Space Symposium got underway with space history lighting up the night sky over Colorado Springs.

The Ingenuity helicopter, the small Nasa chopper on Mars, has had a software upgrade to arm it for future work, in particular to climb over hills. The drone has now flown 36 times on the Red ...

Ukraine has claimed it shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in the Black Sea using a seaborne drone for the first time.

Russian state-run news agency RT reported Thursday that air defenses targeted "helicopter drones," claiming this marked the first attempted use of such drones to attack Moscow during the conflict.

The little Ingenuity drone proved that helicopters can play a revolutionary role in Mars exploration. Now, NASA is thinking ahead to bigger and better things. On the back of the success of ...