NASA explains why Mars helicopter Ingenuity crashed on its 72nd flight
The first aircraft to achieve a powered, controlled flight on another planet, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, crashed on Mars 11 months ago when its navigation system became befuddled by a bland, featureless stretch of terrain and slammed so hard into the Martian surface that the tips of its rotor blades snapped.
However, by the time of the crash, Ingenuity had reached a region of sand ripples that provided few features its navigation system could lock on to. On Flight 70, the navigation system was ...
NASA has confirmed that while Ingenuity, the space agency's Martian helicopter, won't ever fly again, it won't be completely useless.
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