"Perseverance Rover Discovers Damaged Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars"

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which made history as the first aircraft to fly on another planet, has come to the end of its mission on Mars after sustaining damage to one of its rotors. The helicopter, which exceeded its initial goal of 5 flights and spent a cumulative 2 hours in the air over the course of 72 flights, was a crucial scout for the Perseverance rover. Engineers are now using insights from Ingenuity to develop the next generation of Martian helicopters with longer and stronger rotors, paving the way for future flight in our solar system and smarter, safer human exploration to Mars and beyond.