NASA's Ingenuity helicopter conducted its 63rd Mars flight, flying 1,901 feet (579 meters) horizontally. Credit: Space.com | ...

NASA’s mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second. After two initial ...

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, poised to attempt the first powered flight in the atmosphere of another planet, has encountered a delay due to a software issue. On April 9, during a high-speed rotor spin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A moon base, up to 30 robotic lunar landings in 2027 and a nuclear-powered Mars ship packed with helicopters: NASA says it's game ...

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...

American space agency NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to design and build the heat shield for the SkyFall mission planned for 2028.

NASA's nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft's descent ...

After a few years ago it proved for the first time ever that powered, controlled flight on Mars is possible, American space agency NASA is now planning the next step in planetary exploration. This ...

Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace in will build a heat-shielded aeroshell for NASA's 2028 SkyFall Mars helicopter mission.