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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter does a slow spin test of its blades, on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image w...
Ingenuity Begins to Spin Its BladesIngenuity Begins to Spin Its Blades
April 09, 2021
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter does a slow spin test of its blades, on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image was captured by the Navigation Cameras on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission...
Ingenuity's Blades Are ReleasedIngenuity's Blades Are Released
April 09, 2021
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on the...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover. This image w...
Perseverance's Selfie with IngenuityPerseverance's Selfie with Ingenuity
April 07, 2021
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover. This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian da...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. Thi...
Mastcam-Z Gives Ingenuity a Close-upMastcam-Z Gives Ingenuity a Close-up
April 06, 2021
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this image with its color camera from beneath the Perseverance rover after the rover had deployed the rotorcraft...
Ingenuity's First Color SnapIngenuity's First Color Snap
April 05, 2021
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this image with its color camera from beneath the Perseverance rover after the rover had deployed the rotorcraft to the surface of Mars. Image was taken on April 3, 2021.
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021, the 44 Marti...
Ingenuity Deployed on MarsIngenuity Deployed on Mars
April 05, 2021
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021, the 44 Martian day, or sol of the mission.
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Two name plates mounted on the Mars Perseverance rover’s robotic arm are visible in this composite image, made from photos taken by the rover...
Perseverance Shows Off its NameplatesPerseverance Shows Off its Nameplates
April 04, 2021
Two name plates mounted on the Mars Perseverance rover’s robotic arm are visible in this composite image, made from photos taken by the rover’s left Navcam on Sol 12 of its mission (March 2, 2021).
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This artwork is etched onto a titanium plate mounted on the upper section of the Mars Perseverance rover’s 7-foot robotic arm. Mars 2020 is t...
Mars 2020 Mission Identifier Plate ArtworkMars 2020 Mission Identifier Plate Artwork
April 02, 2021
This artwork is etched onto a titanium plate mounted on the upper section of the Mars Perseverance rover’s 7-foot robotic arm. Mars 2020 is the official name of the mission, named for its launch year.
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter can be seen here with all four of its legs deployed before dropping from the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 3...
Ingenuity Helicopter is Ready to DropIngenuity Helicopter is Ready to Drop
April 01, 2021
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter can be seen here with all four of its legs deployed before dropping from the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021, the 39th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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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,...
Ingenuity Swings DownIngenuity Swings Down
March 30, 2021
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.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter extends vertically into place after being rotated outward from its horizontal position on the belly of the P...
Ingenuity Goes VerticalIngenuity Goes Vertical
March 30, 2021
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.
