Photo: NASA
Ingenuity on Mars
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During the second flight, Ingenuity took photographs of the surrounding area not only with the help of its navigation black and white camera, but also with a color one.
The first extraterrestrial drone Ingenuity sent a color photograph of Mars, which it took during its second flight in the atmosphere of the Red Planet, NASA reports.
The image shows the shadow of the helicopter, the tips of its landing legs, as well as the wheel tracks of the Perseverance rover that delivered the drone to Mars.
During the second flight, the drone took photographs of the surrounding area not only with the help of its navigation black and white camera, but also with a color one. The published image was taken from a height of 5.2 meters from the surface of the planet.
How Perseverance Mars Saw and Heard
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On April 19, 2021, the drone made the first ever controlled flight on Mars, demonstrating that such devices are capable of operating in a rarefied atmosphere. notes N+1.
On April 22, the device spent 51.9 seconds in the air, having managed to rise to a height of five meters during this time and fly at this height for a total of four meters, while making three turns around its own axis.
Today, April 25, Ingenuity will make a more difficult flight: climb to a height of five meters, then fly 50 meters to the side, turn around and return to the original point, thus flying a hundred meters. At the same time, the maximum flight speed will be increased from 0.5 to 2 meters per second, and the total flight time will be about 80 seconds.
One of the mission’s tasks is to find traces of life. Learn more about the unique mission in the material Perseverance seeks life on Mars.
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