In April, NASA’s Ingenuity rotorcraft made history when it completed its first controlled, powered flight on the Red Planet. It had left on July 30 inside the rover Perseverance, landing on Mars’s Jezero crater. “When NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took to the Martian skies on its third flight on April 25, the agency’s Perseverance rover was there to capture the historic moment. Also read NASA makes history with Ingenuity helicopter's first test flight on MarsJPL imaging scientist Justin Maki led the team which has put together the video of the helicopter’s flight. “To be reusing this capability on a new mission by acquiring a 3D video of a helicopter flying above the surface of Mars is just spectacular.” The videos of the helicopter are the most extensive 3D video yet from the Mastcam-Z team.

Source: dna May 18, 2021 06:00 UTC