Best helicopter ever. What a phenomenal feat of engineering, management, and scientific vision! That it flew at all was outright wonderful. That it became a new tool to continue to help a larger mission was downright amazing.

Great work NASA, engineers, scientists, and leaders. You've exceeded expectations once again.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I dunno', if you saw all that testing... Granted, it had to survive the trip, too, but it was an impressive piece of kit from the start. If it survived, that thing was definitely flying.

and holy cow did it survive.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good bye little one!

-Im still here! I just hurt my wing

Rest in peace, you were the best

-i'm not dead, just give me a lift!

We'll always remember you for your accomplishments

-Yay! Let's go home and tell everyone. My battery is getting low. Hello? Hello?

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As always, relevant XKCD.

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

"Slightly worse" xckd

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Well done little copter, you did us proud.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RIP to a real one

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why rip? Did it crash?

[–] doc@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Rtfa. It's literally the second sentence.

imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing, and it is no longer capable of flight.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What article? I'm only getting an image

[–] ki77erb@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Sorry. I fixed it. For some reason when I added the image it removed the link I had.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends/

[–] reattach@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does this post link to an article? Just showing as an image in Liftoff.

[–] doc@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Odd. I'm on kbin so I can't say what it looks like elsewhere but it's a direct link for me.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends/

[–] reattach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm seeing that now. Definitely wasn't there before though. That's pretty typical for Lemmy.

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends/

Its rotors were damaged on its last landing and it is now incapable of flight though it is still in communication with NASA.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

you did good little one

[–] xam54321@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RIP

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nah he's still standing guard 🦾

[–] ki77erb@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wonder if they'll try to get Perseverance close enough to get some photos to analyze what happened. I was looking at the Map on the mission page and it looks like it's in an area of sand dunes so maybe a little risky to try and go through that.

Side note: If you google "mars ingenuity" you can click on the little guy and see him flying around mars.