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

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 ...

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

AeroVironment and NASA's JPL have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars.

"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." ...

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

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

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

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

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

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