Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

NASA’s Curiosity Mars helicopter at Jezero Crater performed its 50^th flight on April 13.

Newly-issued color imagery shows the Red Planet’s landscape. The craft used its high-resolution color camera mounted in its fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Also released are black and white images. The rotorcraft used its navigation camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.