NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA's Mars rover Perseverance is scheduled to launch in the coming weeks, the agency's latest effort to search for life on the Red Planet. A team back on the ground will then command the helicopter to perform some checks, before attempting a first flight. NASA/JPL-CALTECHWhat is the Mars Helicopter? “The Mars Helicopter, [called] Ingenuity, is an autonomous rotorcraft designed to fly in the very thin atmosphere of Mars. But it will take a few days, because there will be visual checks that the rover team will want to do before proceeding to the next step.

Source: Forbes June 29, 2020 18:45 UTC