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Grounded permanently due to rotor blade damage

This dimension marks whether a spacecraft is still active, retired or lost. Wikipedia notes that most spacecraft "are designed to deorbit themselves" at the end of their working life, while some, like failed upper stages, remain derelict in orbit instead. Browsing by status separates spacecraft still operating from those no longer in service.

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Grounded permanently due to rotor blade damage
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1. Wikipedia: Ingenuity (helicopter)
Wikimedia FoundationIngenuity (helicopter), lead section
Quote, Ingenuity (helicopter), lead section
Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and became the first aircraft to conduct a powered and controlled extraterrestrial flight.
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