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MEDLI2 Visible on Mars 2020 Heat Shield
The Mars 2020 spacecraft’s heat shield falls away as the aeroshell descends to Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.
April 1, 2021
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Ingenuity Swings Down
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter swings down, with two of its four legs extended, from the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 28, 2021, the 37th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
March 30, 2021
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Ingenuity Goes Vertical
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter extends vertically into place after being rotated outward from its horizontal position on the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 29, 2021.
March 30, 2021
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Ingenuity Helicopter's Launch Lock is Released
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter remains on the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 26, 2021, the 36th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
March 30, 2021
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WATSON Spies Ingenuity on Perseverance Rover's Belly
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on the belly of the Perseverance rover, ready to be dropped off at the helicopter’s deployment location.
March 30, 2021
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Ingenuity's Test Flight Activities (Illustration)
This graphic shows the general activities the team behind NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hopes to accomplish on a given test flight on the Red Planet.
March 23, 2021
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Perseverance Sample Caching System Doors
These sets of images were taken between March 13 and 15, 2021 (the 22nd and 24th Martian days, or sols, of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission) show doors opening and closing on parts of the Sample Caching System aboard the rover.
March 23, 2021
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Rover Point of View of Ingenuity Flight Zone
This image shows the flight zone of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter from the perspective of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The flight zone is the area within which the helicopter will attempt to fly.
March 23, 2021
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Perseverance Rover Drops its Debris Shield
The debris shield, a protective covering on the bottom of NASA’s Perseverance rover, was released on March 21, 2021. The debris shield protects the agency’s Ingenuity helicopter during landing; releasing it allows the helicopter to rotate down out of the rover’s belly.
March 23, 2021
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Van Zyl Overlook
The location where NASA’s Perseverance rover will observe Ingenuity’s attempt at powered controlled flight at Mars is called “Van Zyl Overlook.”
March 23, 2021
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Map of Ingenuity Helicopter Flight Zone
This image shows where NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will take its test flights. Helicopter engineers added the locations for the rover landing site, the airfield, and the flight zone on an image taken by the HiRISE camera.
March 23, 2021
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Mars Perseverance Sol 16: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover’s mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on Mar. 7, 2021 (Sol 16).
March 17, 2021
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Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars (Illustration)
An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars.
March 16, 2021
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A Rock Named Máaz
This rock, called “Máaz” (the Navajo word for “Mars”), is the first feature of scientific interest to be studied by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.
March 11, 2021
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SuperCam Close-Up of ‘Máaz'
This image shows a close-up view of the rock target named “Máaz” from the SuperCam instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. It was taken by SuperCam’s Remote Micro-Imager (RMI). “Máaz” means Mars in the Navajo language.
March 10, 2021
