One year after its history-making first flight, theIngenuity Mars Helicopteris once again proving its value.
During its 26th flight, Ingenuity surveyed the wreckage of the Perseverance rover’s backshell and parachute.
While Perseverance had previously photographed the wreckage from a distance, Ingenuity’s pictures provide much more detail.
They will be carefully analyzing the photographs to see what they can learn.
But Ingenuitys images offer a different vantage point.
And if not, the pictures are still phenomenal and inspiring.
Though we are clearly looking at wreckage, both pieces are fairly intact.
The backshell itself also looks to have held up well.
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took incredible photos of the wreckage left by Perseverance’s landing.
