NASA's tiny helicopter on Mars — named Ingenuity — just completed its 50th flight on the Red Planet.
— just completed its 50th flight on the Red Planet.The tiny drone, which was designed as a technology demonstration to inform future missions, was never expected to survive this long on Mars.
"We’re flying over the dried-up remnants of an ancient river that is filled with sand dunes, boulders, and rocks, and surrounded by hills that could have us for lunch," Josh Anderson, Ingenuity operations lead, said in the statement. The drone has been scouting out the terrain ahead of the Perseverance rover, keeping mission operators updated on what could be coming up for the car-sized spacecraft.
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