We’ve put together a timeline of some of Ingenuity’s biggest achievements in its almost three years on Mars.

NASA received images of Ingenuity’s Jan. 18 flight this week that showed one or more of its rotor blades had been damaged during landing. 

Ingenuity’s most recent flight was a 25-second hop to give the Ingenuity team some insight on why the helicopter’s 53rd flight was cut short. 

Ingenuity’s 50th flight was completed on April 13, 2023, when Ingenuity traveled over 1,057 feet (322 meters) in 145.7 seconds. 

Perseverance’s 70.5 foot wide parachute helped the rover land on Mars after making its way through the Martian atmosphere.

The science collected during this mission will be investigated and reviewed for decades to come, including the return of sample cores collected by Perseverance rover.

The Perseverance rover was sent to Mars to look for signs of ancient life and collect rock samples to be returned to Earth.

Mars Ingenuity helicopter makes eleventh flight and continues to successfully scout terrain for Perseverance rover.

Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime powered humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter.

NASA is eager to share the technical details of its accomplishments, unlike the typical commercial robotics venture trying to outpace its competitors.

Perseverance Rover captured audio of the Ingenuity flying on Mars, adding another new dimension to the historic Mars 2020 Mission.

Ingenuity could soon embark on a new operation, exploring how aerial scouting could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.

Ingenuity flew faster and farther than any tests that took place here on Earth.

Ingenuity climbed to 16 feet, made a slight tilt, moved sideways, and flew for 51.9 seconds.

Ingenuity Helicopter became the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.

During a high-speed test of the rotors, the command sequence controlling the test ended early due to a “watchdog” timer expiration.

NASA is one step closer to achieving the first flight on another planet as the Ingenuity Helicopter touched down on Mars over the weekend.

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the launch of Ingenuity on Mars . But before that happens, it must hit a series of milestones.

Balaram described what it took to develop the helicopter and what to expect on Mars.

Ingenuity’s four carbon-fiber blades spin in opposite directions at around 2,400 rpm – many times faster than a helicopter on Earth.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recharged its batteries for the first time in space by using the Perseverance Rover’s power supply.