In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

These helicopters will assist in scouting safe landing zones for future robotic missions and, crucially, America’s first ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

While the duration of the Skyfall mission has not been revealed yet, its objective will be exploring regions that will ensure ...

"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct." ...

With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, ...

Defense tech company AeroVironment and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have shown off a wild concept for deploying six ...

In December, NASA unveiled another concept: an SUV-sized “ Mars Chopper ” with six rotor blades. This larger helicopter would ...

AeroVironment, in collaboration with NASA, introduced a new Mars helicopter for exploration, Skyfall. The concept involved a ...

A slick trailer shows how NASA could five-up itself if the successor to Ingenuity is a whole batch of little sisters.

The glaciers on Mars may be purely made of water-ice and it could help create much needed resources for future settlers.

American defense contractor AeroVironment presented the Skyfall, a concept for dropping six exploration helicopters on the ...