"The only reason for this flyby is to get a little help from Mars to speed us up and tilt our trajectory in the direction of ...

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have demonstrated that the blades of their ...

The American space agency announced last week that it managed to make the blades of a SkyFall helicopter go over the sound ...

Ingenuity has proven that helicopters can fly on Mars. However, it couldn't lift much. This is set to change with its successors.

The next-gen Mars helicopter, currently under development as part of the SkyFall project, is going to go harder. In a ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter conducted its 63rd Mars flight, flying 1,901 feet (579 meters) horizontally. Credit: Space.com | ...

NASA's Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z camera captured the Ingenuity helicopter's 47th Mars flight. Credit: Space.com | ...

NASA has successfully tested an improved flight system designed for Mars' hostile environment. The new technology can be ...

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

NASA has pushed Mars helicopter rotor blades past Mach 1, a step toward future aircraft that could carry heavier science ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has successfully tested new rotor blades that surpassed the sound barrier in simulated ...