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NASA’s Mars team is gearing up to send its Ingenuity helicopter on a flight of more than 700 meters — its longest trip to date.

NASA’s Mars helicopter has been performing so well over the last year that the space agency has decided to extend its flight operations through September.

As NASA’s Mars helicopter gears up for its 20th flight, the space agency explains how it overcame two recent challenges that could have left Ingenuity grounded.

Following several delays due to dust storms, NASA’s record-setting Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally taken its first flight of 2022.

After an outstanding 2021 in which it surpassed all expectations, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is about to embark on its first flight of the new year.

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, was about to take a flight with a difference when it spotted an anomaly that caused it to abandon the effort.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed its 12th flight on Mars in what was one of its most challenging outings to date.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is about to take its 12th flight over the red planet in a mission that the space agency says carries “substantial risk.”

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has performed so well during its test flights on Mars that the space agency has now put the aircraft to work.

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, smashed three flight records during its ninth outing on the red planet at the weekend.