"Ingenuity's Farewell: NASA's Mars Helicopter's Final Message"

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which recently flew its last flight on Mars, sent its final transmission to Earth as a touching tribute to its team. The resilient machine sustained damage during a rough landing but continued to collect data and communicate with the Perseverance rover. Now grounded with a broken rotor blade, it will continue to collect data about its solar panels and equipment, take color pictures of the planet’s surface, and gather temperature information as part of an unusual retirement program. Despite its eventual demise due to Martian conditions, Ingenuity leaves behind an impressive legacy of aerial achievement and will serve as a time capsule of data for future exploration.