ROBOT / SPACE MARS HELICOPTER

Ingenuity

Name: Ingenuity
Brand: NASA/JPL

Experimental rotorcraft that demonstrated powered, controlled flight on Mars and later performed scouting flights.

MakerNASA/JPL Introduced2020 StatusRetired

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Primary Source Last updated: Aug 21, 2026 Supporting source ↗

Field snapshot

Values retain their published units, evidence basis and observation date. Unlike specifications are not silently normalized.

Specification	Published value	Basis	As of / source
Rotor Layout	coaxial counter-rotating rotors	Primary Source	Observation date not published Fuente ↗
System Class	space Mars helicopter	Primary Source	Observation date not published Fuente ↗
Completed Flights	72 flights	Primary Source	2026-08-20 Fuente ↗

autonomous flight

aerial imaging

flight demonstration