NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is set to deploy Ingenuity, the first off-Earth rotorcraft or mini helicopter to take flight on the Red Planet.
The space agency announced that Ingenuity got its first look at Mars through a post on Perseverance’s Twitter account yesterday, March 22. It showed a photo of the rover’s dropped debris shield, exposing the rotorcraft to the planet’s sunlight for the first time.
“Away goes the debris shield, and here’s our first look at the helicopter. It’s stowed sideways, folded up and locked in place, so there’s some reverse origami to do before I can set it down,” NASA stated, adding that the rover will first travel to a designated “helipad” bef…
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