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August 4th, 2023
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is busy at work, on a roll to find evidence of past microbial life on the Red Planet. This older rover selfie captured Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
The Ingenuity helicopter flew its 54th time, a pop-up flight with the device achieving hovering mode to altitude of 16 feet (5 meters), staying aloft for 24.62 seconds.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
These rotorcraft images were acquired on August 3, taken by its navigation camera mounted in the craft’s fuselage and pointed directly downward.
Meanwhile, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of Ingenuity and its surroundings using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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