NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will ...

NASA engineers spun next-gen Mars helicopter blades past Mach 1 without shattering them. See how JPL unlocked the future of ...

A rendering of the mid-air deployment of one of the SkyFall copters. (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/AeroVironment, Inc.) ...

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 ...

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

NASA has tested Mars helicopter blades that reach supersonic tip speeds, a major step toward more capable rotorcraft for ...

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

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

Rotors spin 10 times faster than modern helicopters.

NASA's tiny Ingenuity helicopter is seen sitting on the surface of Mars in a photograph taken by the rover Perseverance. NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. The triumph was ...