Ingenuity Helicopter's Missing Rotor Blade: The Final Images from Mars
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NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted the broken blade of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, which ended its flying days after 72 flights. The blade was found lying about 50 feet from the helicopter's final resting place. The 4-pound drone had exceeded its planned five flights and had been scouting ahead for Perseverance. The blade snapped during a hard landing, but NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has cemented its legacy as a spaceflight pioneer.
- Perseverance rover spots Ingenuity helicopter's snapped-off rotor blade on Mars (photos) Space.com
- 72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics The Register
- NASA's new images reveal what happened to its crashed Mars helicopter Mashable
- Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter Ars Technica
- Ingenuity Won't Fly Again Because It's Missing a Rotor Blade Universe Today
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