Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured anomaly during 16 flight (full footage)

On November 21, 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed 16th flight on Red Planet capturing anomaly during flight. It might be camera issue or optical effects. Visually it looks like something else is flying around Ingenuity during flight. Technically it most likely optical issues. Current option for rotor speed for Helicopter is 2700 rpm. On Flight 16 Ingenuity climb to 10 meters height and travel 59 meters distance. On Flight 17 Ingenuity’s team is going to make another software update to Mars Helicopter for better navigation capabilities.

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Source for Ingenuity Flight 16 anomaly: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/HNM_0268_0690732246_063ECM_N0160001HELI01226_0000LUJ

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