NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Crash

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Crash: Why did the Mars Accident Happen?
"When running an accident investigation from 100 million miles away, you don't have any black boxes!" NASA's Håvard Grip said.
NASA may finally know why Ingenuity crashed earlier this year
A new NASA report finally reveals the most likely cause behind the tragic crash of the Mars helicopter, Ingenuity.
NASA Investigates Ingenuity’s Last Flight, Explains Why it Crashed on its 72nd Flight
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter concluded its groundbreaking mission with 72 flights, overcoming expectations and inspiring future designs for extraterrestrial exploration
Ingenuity: How remains of humanity’s first Mars helicopter will help NASA
The investigation suggests that a failure in Ingenuity's navigation system led to a hard landing, causing the mission to end.
Learning from the Ingenuity helicopter's crash landing on Mars
Engineers now say they understand the most likely cause of the Ingenuity helicopter's crash landing on Mars earlier this year.
After accident on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years
"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts."
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Crash Helps Us Learn About The Red Planet
Even in death, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is helping us learn about Mars. The small aircraft met the demise of its main mission on 18 January 2024, after nearly three epic years of flitting around in the thin Martian atmosphere, like the piece of engineering marvel that it is.
NASA explains why Mars helicopter Ingenuity crashed on its 72nd flight
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The First Helicopter Crash on Mars: NASA Pinpoints What Went Wrong During Ingenuity’s Final Flight
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 seconds, the chopper was back on the ground and communications had stopped.
NASA Reveals Cause of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Crash
Ingenuity rode to Mars attached to the Perseverance rover's belly. Unlike the rover, which was built from expensive custom hardware designed to withstand the rigors of space exploration, Ingenuity was built from off-the-shelf components like a Snapdragon 801 smartphone processor.
NASA Now Knows Why Its Mars Helicopter Crashed
Imagine how much more difficult it would be to diagnose a helicopter accident that took place 69 million miles away with none of the usual data present to help. NASA had to do just that after its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter suffered an accident on Jan.
NASA is finishing its first off-world accident report
NASA is about to publish the world’s first off-world aircraft accident investigation. Aside from making history, the report ...
NASA Reveals Why Its Ingenuity Helicopter Crashed On Mars
Ingenuity was designed to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days but managed to operate for almost three ...