Mars helicopter ends landmark journey

NASA’s Ingenuity, the first vehicle to achieve a powered flight on another world, has ended its $85m mission that exceeded all expectations

During lifespan of three years, Ingenuinty flew 14 times further than originally planned, logging more than two hours of flight time and covering distance of 17km on 72 flights

Jezero Crater
MARS

INGENUITY 1.2m Weight: 1.8kg  0.49m

Jan 18, 2024: Ingenuity ends mission after damage to rotor blade
  
Perseverance last position

Ingenuity flight path
Perseverance drive path

Feb 18, 2021: Ingenuity lands on Mars, carried on belly of rover Perseverance
   
1km 0.6 miles  

ANCIENT DELTA 

Belva Crater

JEZERO CRATER
        
PERSEVERANCE
      
Ingenuity served as scout for Perseverance in its ongoing mission to collect soil and rock
samples for eventual return to Earth
      
Sample

Source: NASA
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