Perseverance Mars rover discovers crashed NASA helicopter at its final resting place

NASA’s famous Mars duo have officially parted ways as the Perseverance rover captured a lone image of its helicopter friend, who recently suffered a fatal blow that left it unable to fly.

A recent image transmitted from Mars shows the Ingenuity helicopter parked above the sand dunes of Mars’ Neretva Valley as Perseverance moves away from its moon. The image was taken on Sunday and processed Simeon Schmauss

student visual designer who turned it into a panorama by stitching together six raw images NASA published online.

Helicopter of Ingenuity damage has been suffered On its final and last flight on January 18, it broke all four rotor blades while landing for the 72nd time. NASA continues to explore what could be caused the breakdown of a small helicopter.The helicopter, 48 centimeters (19 inches) tall and weighing 1.8 kilograms (4 pounds), is the first powered aircraft take off

from the surface of another planet. It landed on Mars in February 2021 along with the Perseverance rover and was originally intended to carry out just five test flights over a 30-day period. Over the past three years, Ingenuity has simply not given up, flying 14 times further than planned, with a total flight duration of two hours. The helicopter also became a useful companion to Perseverance, hovering above it and guiding the rover across the Martian terrain.Perseverance and ingenuity allowed us to explore the Jezero Crater on Mars, discovering

evidence for the existence of organic molecules

in what may once have been an ancient Martian lake. But now Perseverance must continue on its own, leaving the Genie helicopter behind as it rests on the sandy waves of Mars.If you want to see more spaceflight in your life, follow us X

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