"End of an Era: NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity's Final Flight"

NASA's historic Ingenuity helicopter, which made 72 flights on Mars since April 2021, has been declared dead after sustaining rotor damage during its last flight. The images shared by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab show the gnarly damage, with one picture even revealing a piece of the rotor lying on the Martian surface. The four-pound helicopter, a technological marvel, exceeded expectations by flying higher and farther than anticipated, proving that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible.