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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at its final airfield on Feb. 4, 2024. The helicopt...
Perseverance Spots Ingenuity at Its Final AirfieldPerseverance Spots Ingenuity at Its Final Airfield
February 06, 2024
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at its final airfield on Feb. 4, 2024. The helicopter damaged its rotor blades during landing on its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024. The Ingenuity team h...
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After its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this color image showing the shadow of one of its rotor bla...
Ingenuity Spots the Shadow of its Damaged Rotor BladeIngenuity Spots the Shadow of its Damaged Rotor Blade
January 25, 2024
After its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this color image showing the shadow of one of its rotor blades, which was damaged during touchdown.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this view of sand ripples during its 70th flight, on Dec. 22, 2023. The smooth, relatively featurel...
Ingenuitys View of Sand Dunes During Flight 70Ingenuitys View of Sand Dunes During Flight 70
January 25, 2024
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this view of sand ripples during its 70th flight, on Dec. 22, 2023. The smooth, relatively featureless terrain proved difficult for the helicopter’s navigation system to track during Flight 72,...
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Celebrate the accomplishments of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter with a vertical or horizontal poster illustration depicting the first helic...
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter PosterIngenuity Mars Helicopter Poster
January 25, 2024
Celebrate the accomplishments of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter with a vertical or horizontal poster illustration depicting the first helicopter on the Red Planet.
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived at Mars on the underbelly of Perseverance on Feb. 18, 2021.
In the more than two years since landing, t...
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter By the NumbersIngenuity Mars Helicopter By the Numbers
January 25, 2024
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived at Mars on the underbelly of Perseverance on Feb. 18, 2021.
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This image shows a test flight of a full-scale prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
First Controlled Flight of Mars Helicopter PrototypeFirst Controlled Flight of Mars Helicopter Prototype
December 20, 2023
This image shows a test flight of a full-scale prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
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Shown here is an annotated representation of the 13 sample tubes containing rock-core samples that are being carried aboard NASA’s Perseveran...
Cored Samples Aboard Perseverance at Sol 1,000Cored Samples Aboard Perseverance at Sol 1,000
December 12, 2023
Shown here is an annotated representation of the 13 sample tubes containing rock-core samples that are being carried aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover as of Dec. 12, 2023, when the mission was marking its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, on the R...
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This 360-degree mosaic from the “Airey Hill” location inside Jezero Crater was generated using 993 individual images taken by the Perse...
Perseverance's 360-Degree View From 'Airey Hill'Perseverance's 360-Degree View From 'Airey Hill'
December 12, 2023
This 360-degree mosaic from the “Airey Hill” location inside Jezero Crater was generated using 993 individual images taken by the Perseverance Mars rover’s Mastcam-Z from Nov. 3-6. The rover remained parked at Airey Hill for seve...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of a location nicknamed “Castell Henllys” using its Mastcam-Z camera on April...
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views 'Castell Henllys'Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views 'Castell Henllys'
December 12, 2023
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of a location nicknamed “Castell Henllys” using its Mastcam-Z camera on April 13, 2023, the 763rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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PIXL, one of the instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, analyzed the chemical makeup of an area of abraded rock dubbed “Ouz...
PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Ouzel Falls'PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Ouzel Falls'
December 12, 2023
PIXL, one of the instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, analyzed the chemical makeup of an area of abraded rock dubbed “Ouzel Falls,” finding it rich in minerals containing phosphate, a material found in the DNA and c...
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Analyzing this abraded rock patch dubbed “Bills Bay,” the PIXL instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover found it rich in carb...
PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'
December 12, 2023
Analyzing this abraded rock patch dubbed “Bills Bay,” the PIXL instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover found it rich in carbonates and silica, both of which are good at preserving signs of ancient life.
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The path taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during the first 1,000 sols (Martian days) of its mission at Jezero Crater is annotated on t...
1,000 Days of Perseverance1,000 Days of Perseverance
December 12, 2023
The path taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during the first 1,000 sols (Martian days) of its mission at Jezero Crater is annotated on this overhead view taken by the HiRISE camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of the location where it will be parked for several weeks during Mars solar conjunction, a perio...
Perseverance's Parking Spot During ConjunctionPerseverance's Parking Spot During Conjunction
November 10, 2023
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of the location where it will be parked for several weeks during Mars solar conjunction, a period when engineers stop sending commands to spacecraft at the Red Planet because the Sun may interfere...
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NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this Martian dust devil moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph) along “Thorofare Ridg...
Martian Whirlwind Takes the 'Thorofare'Martian Whirlwind Takes the 'Thorofare'
September 29, 2023
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this Martian dust devil moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph) along “Thorofare Ridge” on Aug. 30. The video, which was sped up 20 times, is composed of 21 frames taken four seco...
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This annotated composite image shows the path NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took through a dense section of boulders. It was acquired on Jun...
Perseverance's AutoNav Leads the WayPerseverance's AutoNav Leads the Way
September 21, 2023
This annotated composite image shows the path NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took through a dense section of boulders. It was acquired on June 29, 2023, the 838th day, or sol, of the mission, by one of the rover’s navigation cameras an...
