But three years after entering the history books by becoming the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet, Ingenuity sustained damage to one of its rotor blades in early 2024, preventing it from flying again. Still, the aircraft’s successful mission , which saw it map parts of the Martian surface and assist Perseverance, inspired NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL engineers to work on next generation models for future missions to Mars and possibly...
