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EU ‘monitoring’ closely Iran situation after helicopter incident
World
The European Union is watching the situation in Iran carefully after reports of an incident involving a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim ...
India’s ambitious 2nd Mars mission to include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute
Science
India is preparing to launch a family of seemingly sci-fi robots to Mars, perhaps as soon as late 2024. The Mars Orbiter ...
Ingenuity, NASA’s “little ‘copter that could” (and did!)
Science
In 2020, NASA’s Perseverance rover launched for Mars with a stowaway: a tiny drone, created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...
New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter’s 72 flights
Science
NASA’s history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows. The ...
Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
Science
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially from a world away. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team convened one last time on Tuesday (April ...
‘Don’t let go!’ Watch as hiker clings to rock face during daring rescue in California
U.S.
A fallen hiker clung onto a gravel rock face in California as rescuers swooped in with a helicopter to save him, dramatic ...
Perseverance rover spots Ingenuity helicopter’s snapped-off rotor blade on Mars (photos)
Science
The blade was broken — and, still unforged, it’s been found on Mars. Space fans scouring the raw images from NASA’s Perseverance rover recently ...
India plans to include a helicopter on its next Mars mission
Science
India’s next Mars mission could include a helicopter that follows in the footsteps of NASA’s pioneering Ingenuity drone. The Indian Space Research ...
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is Dead, So Pour One Out For Ingenuity
Science
After nearly 3 years on the surface of Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is dead. NASA is investigating the cause of the helicopter’s ...
‘It’s sort of been invincible until this moment:’ Mars helicopter Ingenuity pilot says ‘bland’ terrain may have doomed NASA chopper
Science
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter was apparently done in by a particularly boring patch of Mars ground. Ingenuity suffered damage to at least one ...
