Perseverance Rover left Mars Helicopter Ingenuity’s debris shield behind and drove away to Helipad

On March 22, 2021 NASA’s Perseverance Rover left Mars Helicopter Ingenuity’s debris shield place behind and drove to Helipad (helicopter deployment site). Journey to Helipad will take for couple days. Generally Helicopter Ingenuity will be deployed within next few days. Ingenuity is nestled up sideways under the belly of the Perseverance rover, with a cover to protect it from the debris kicked up during landing. Both the rover and the helicopter are safely ensconced inside a clamshell-like entry capsule during the 293-million-mile (471-millionkilometer) journey to Mars. The power system on the Mars 2020 spacecraft periodically charges Ingenuity’s batteries on the way there. The helicopter flies on its own, without human control. It must take off, fly, and land, with minimal commands from Earth sent in advance.

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

Source for NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity page: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/

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