The investigation suggests that a failure in Ingenuity's navigation system led to a hard landing, causing the mission to end.

NASA 's Ingenuity helicopter, which had successfully completed 72 flights on Mars, crashed due to a software glitch. The ...

NASA's Perseverance rover reaches a new milestone on Mars, completing its 30th abrasion on Rio Chiquito and heading towards ...

NASA's Perseverance rover reaches a new milestone on Mars, completing its 30th abrasion on Rio Chiquito and heading towards ...

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After over 70 flights, the Ingenuity helicopter — the first craft to ever make a powered, controlled flight on another planet ...

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Ingenuity ultimately operated for nearly three years and performed 72 flights over that span. On its final flight, the helicopter climbed to 40 feet (12 meters) above the Martian surface, but after 32 ...

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An image from the Perseverance rover of the Ingenuity helicopter and one of its blades (left) after its final landing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS ...