Soar long, Ingenuity 🚁 Almost three years after it first touched down on the Red Planet, our Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission. Originally planned to fly up to five times in 30 days as a technology demo, Ingenuity conducted 72 flights over its lifetime, traveling 11 miles (17 km) through the thin Martian atmosphere with over 120 minutes of total flight time. Ingenuity teamed up with our Perseverance rover to study the Martian landscape and look for evidence of long-ago life—and, just as importantly, showed that it's possible for humanity to fly on other worlds. What we've learned from Ingenuity will guide us on future missions as robots and humans continue to explore our solar system. #ThanksIngenuity. Image description 1: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is seen close-up and from the side. Two sets of thin rotors, one on top of the other, stand above a silver box supported by four diagonal legs. The reddish-gray surface of Mars takes up the rest of the photo. Image ...