NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has flown a total of one mile on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter just marked an important milestone. Space.comreports that Ingenuity crossed the one-mile mark for total distance flown with its 10th flight on July 24th, when it traveled over the Jezero Crater's "Raised Ridges" area. That may not sound like a lot of flying, but NASA was only planning a few test flights for Ingenuity before expanding the vehicle's role -- the robotic aircraft wouldn't have covered nearly as much ground otherwise. This was also the most ambitious ...