In this file NASA photo obtained July 25, 2021, 2021 shows NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (right) captured by Mars Perseverance rover using its Left Mastcam-Z Camera, composed of a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast, on June 15, 2021 (Sol 114). AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/HANDOUT
In this file NASA photo obtained July 25, 2021, 2021 shows NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (right) captured by Mars Perseverance rover using its Left Mastcam-Z Camera, composed of a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast, on June 15, 2021 (Sol 114). AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/HANDOUT

WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was only supposed to fly five times. And yet NASA's helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, has completed 12 flights and it isn't ready to retire.

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