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After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends (www.jpl.nasa.gov)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

It is unfortunate but Ingenuity is something to be celebrated. A bittersweet moment for NASA engineers and the community. It was an amazing accomplishment and a true example of the kinds of things we can accomplish. I mean, we flew a fucking drone on another planet! It's mission was only 30 days and it lasted nearly 3 years! That's just incredible! One day a future human will pick it up and place it in a museum for all to see with a label proudly stating "Ingenuity: The first aircraft to fly on another planet."