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Rest in Peace: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took its last flight on Mars

Ingenuity, the small helicopter that’s been buzzing around the Red Planet for almost three years, has taken its final flight. NASA announced today that at

To say that Ingenuity had a remarkable run is a bit of an understatement: the helicopter was launched as a technology demonstration mission, with engineers hoping to achieve up to five flights with the vehicle. As NASA Administrator Bill Nelson explained in a statement today, Ingenuity was up against the very, very thin Martian atmosphere, which is less than 1% as dense as Earth’s. “Like the Wright brothers, Ingenuity has paved the way for future flight in our solar system, and its leading the way for smarter, safer human missions to Mars and beyond,” Nelson said.

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