NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has been seen on Mars for the first time, strapped to the belly of the Perseverance rover, ahead of its first flight next month. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has been seen on Mars for the first time, strapped to the belly of the Perseverance rover after the debris shield was dropped from the vehicleNASA's Ingenuity helicopter preps for its 'Wright brothers moment' NASA is set to fly where no one has flown before – Mars' atmosphere. Artist impression'Luckily for Ingenuity, weather forecasting on Mars is in some ways more straightforward than on Earth,' the agency explained. 'We are in uncharted territory, but this team is used to that,' said MiMi Aung, project manager for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at JPL. NASA's $2.2 billion Perseverance rover and accompanying helicopter successfully landed on Mars on February 18 following a 239 million-mile journey.

Source: Daily Mail March 22, 2021 10:14 UTC