What Happened To NASA's Mars Helicopter?

After nearly 3 years of time on the Martain surface, the Ingenuity helicopter will never fly again. In a new report from NASA, the agency revealed that a recent flight and hard landing has damaged one of the rotors. The extent of the damage is enough to where Ingenuity would not be capable of any flights in the future, ending its mission.

In the time that it was on the red planet, Ingenuity has flown over two hours in total covering a distance of more than 11 miles (17km). It also served as an extremely valuable asset to the Mars rover which would determine routes based on what Ingenuity saw during its flights. Here I will go more in-depth into the helicopter’s damage, how the hard landing happened, what this means for the future, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Hard Landing
3:36 - Ingenuity's Importance