{"id":600022,"date":"2024-01-25T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=600022"},"modified":"2024-01-26T08:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:47:18","slug":"after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"After Three Years on Mars, NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Administrator Bill Nelson announces the end of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hW5akI5Rnyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing, and it is no longer capable of flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally designed as a technology demonstration to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, the first aircraft on another world operated from the Martian surface for almost three years, performed 72 flights, and flew more than 14 times farther than planned while logging more than two hours of total flight time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to end,\u201d said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. \u201cThat remarkable helicopter flew higher and farther than we ever imagined and helped NASA do what we do best \u2013 make the impossible, possible. Through missions like Ingenuity, NASA is paving the way for future flight in our solar system and smarter, safer human exploration to Mars and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NASA to Discuss Ingenuity Mission in Media Call Today<\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to video comments shared from Nelson about the mission\u2019s conclusion, NASA will host a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EST today, Thursday, Jan. 25, to provide an update on Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio of the call will stream live on the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants in the call are expected to include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Lori Glaze, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate at the agency\u2019s headquarters in Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laurie Leshin, director, NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity project manager, NASA JPL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Media who wish to participate by phone can request dial-in information by emailing <a href=\"mailto:hq-media@mail.nasa.gov\">hq-media@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingenuity landed on Mars Feb. 18, 2021, attached to the belly of NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wMnOo2zcjXA\" rel=\"noopener\">first lifted off<\/a> the Martian surface on April 19, proving that powered, controlled flight on Mars was possible. After notching another four flights, it embarked on a new mission as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-to-begin-new-demonstration-phase\" rel=\"noopener\">operations demonstration<\/a>, serving as an <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/resources\/26251\/mars-mound-from-ingenuity-helicopters-perspective-in-3d\/\" rel=\"noopener\">aerial scout<\/a> for Perseverance scientists and rover drivers. In 2023, the helicopter executed two successful flight tests that further expanded the team\u2019s knowledge of its aerodynamic limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt NASA JPL, innovation is at the heart of what we do,\u201d said Leshin. \u201cIngenuity is an exemplar of the way we push the boundaries of what\u2019s possible every day. I\u2019m incredibly proud of our team behind this historic technological achievement and eager to see what they\u2019ll invent next.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingenuity\u2019s team planned for the helicopter to make a short vertical flight on Jan. 18 to determine its location after executing an emergency landing on its previous flight. Data shows that, as planned, the helicopter achieved a maximum altitude of 40 feet (12 meters) and hovered for 4.5 seconds before starting its descent at a velocity of 3.3 feet per second (1 meter per second).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, about 3 feet (1 meter) above the surface, Ingenuity lost contact with the rover, which serves as a communications relay for the rotorcraft. The following day, communications were reestablished and more information about the flight was relayed to ground controllers at NASA JPL. Imagery revealing damage to the rotor blade arrived several days later. The cause of the communications dropout and the helicopter\u2019s orientation at time of touchdown are still being investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg 4160w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=300,81 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=768,208 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=1024,277 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=1536,416 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=2048,555 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=400,108 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=600,163 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=900,244 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=1200,325 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-pia25968-fig-a.jpg?resize=2000,542 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This enhanced color view of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was generated using data collected by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover on Aug. 2, 2023, the 871st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The image was taken a day before the rotorcraft’s 54th flight.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg 4208w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=300,222 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=768,569 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=1024,759 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=1536,1139 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=2048,1518 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=400,297 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=600,445 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=900,667 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=1200,890 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e1-pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the-shadow-of-its-damaged-rotor-blade.jpg?resize=2000,1483 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">After its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this color image showing the shadow of one of its rotor blades, which was damaged during touchdown. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Triumphs, Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over an extended mission that lasted for almost 1,000 Martian days, more than 33 times longer than originally planned, Ingenuity was upgraded with the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/resources\/27173\/ingenuitys-hazard-avoidance-capability\/\" rel=\"noopener\">autonomously choose landing sites<\/a> in treacherous terrain, dealt with a <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter\/status\/385\/keeping-our-sense-of-direction-dealing-with-a-dead-sensor\/\" rel=\"noopener\">dead sensor<\/a>, cleaned itself after <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter\/status\/366\/dusty-flight-19-completed-and-looking-ahead-to-flight-20\/\" rel=\"noopener\">dust storms<\/a>, operated from 48 different airfields, performed three emergency landings, and survived a frigid Martian winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed to operate in spring, Ingenuity was unable to power its heaters throughout the night during the coldest parts of winter, resulting in the flight computer periodically freezing and resetting. These power \u201cbrownouts\u201d required the team to <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter\/status\/382\/ingenuity-adapts-for-mars-winter-operations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">redesign Ingenuity\u2019s winter operations<\/a> in order to keep flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With flight operations now concluded, the Ingenuity team will perform final tests on helicopter systems and download the remaining imagery and data in Ingenuity’s onboard memory. The Perseverance rover is currently too far away to attempt to image the helicopter at its final airfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s humbling Ingenuity not only carries onboard a <a href=\"https:\/\/images.nasa.gov\/details\/PIA24291\" rel=\"noopener\">swatch<\/a> from the original Wright Flyer, but also this helicopter followed in its footsteps and proved flight is possible on another world,\u201d said Ingenuity\u2019s project manager, Teddy Tzanetos of NASA JPL. \u201cThe Mars helicopter would have never flown once, much less 72 times, if it were not for the passion and dedication of the Ingenuity and Perseverance teams. History\u2019s first Mars helicopter will leave behind an indelible mark on the future of space exploration and will inspire fleets of aircraft on Mars \u2013 and other worlds \u2013 for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More About Ingenuity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by NASA JPL, which also manages the project for NASA Headquarters. It is supported by NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate. NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California\u2019s Silicon Valley and NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, provided significant flight performance analysis and technical assistance during Ingenuity\u2019s development. AeroVironment Inc., Qualcomm, and SolAero also provided design assistance and major vehicle components. Lockheed Space designed and manufactured the <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/resources\/25081\/testing-the-mars-helicopter-delivery-system\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars Helicopter Delivery System<\/a>. At NASA Headquarters, Dave Lavery is the program executive for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Ingenuity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/technology\/helicopter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alise Fisher \/ Alana Johnson<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-2546 \/ 202-358-1501<br><a href=\"mailto:alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov\">alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DC Agle<br>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.<br>818-393-9011<br><a href=\"mailto:agle@jpl.nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agle@jpl.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a 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class=\"subheading\">Location<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\"><a class=\"hds-location-tag-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-headquarters\/\"><span class=\"hds-meta-heading\">NASA Headquarters<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mars-2020-perseverance\" rel=\"noopener\">Ingenuity (Helicopter)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/\">Aeronautics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/drones-and-you\/\">Drones & You<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a 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