Before the Mars Helicopter can fly at Mars it has to get there. It will do so attached to the belly pan of the Mars 2020 rover. It will do so attached to the belly pan of the Mars 2020 rover. The atmosphere of Mars is only one percent that of Earth, so when our helicopter is on the Martian surface, it’s already at the Earth equivalent of 100,000 feet up,” said Mimi Aung, Mars Helicopter project manager at JPL. If it does not work, the Mars 2020 mission will not be impacted.

Source: Mint May 13, 2018 07:30 UTC