Mars Helicopter To Scout Rover Science Target

July 05, 2021
NASA Mars Ingenuity helicopter image
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter captured this image with its ground-facing navigation camera during its eighth flight on June 22.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
After eight demonstration flights on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will attempt a sideline science sortie for the Perseverance rover team, overflying a nontraversable, sand-filled region that may contain rocks from the floor of an ancient lake that once filled Jezero Crater. The region, known as...

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