Mars Helicopter That Defied Odds for Years Has ‘Bittersweet’ End
- Four-pound chopper explored the Red Planet over 72 flights
- Ingenuity’s success could spur missions across solar system
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A four-pound NASA helicopter that ran an unprecedented six dozen flights on Mars will fly no more, the US space agency said Thursday.
During Ingenuity’s most recent flight, on Jan. 18, one of the helicopter’s blades might have struck the ground while coming in for landing, permanently grounding it, NASA said in an announcement Thursday.