The interplanetary photo op was conducted earlier this month by the helicopter, NASA reported.
, with cameras showing everything from parachute inflation to touchdown,” said JPL’s Ian Clark, former Perseverance systems engineer and now Mars Sample Return ascent phase lead.
Clark continued, “But Ingenuity’s images offer a different vantage point. If they either reinforce that our systems worked as we think they worked or provide even one dataset of engineering information we can use for Mars Sample Return planning, it will be amazing. And if not, the pictures are still phenomenal and inspiring.
During its time on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter has now spent 49 minutes flying and traveled 3.9 miles in total, according to NASA. Flight 27 is set for the Séítah ridge in the Jezero crater dry river valley. This area represents the leftovers of a river delta that once spilled into a lake in the Jezero crater when the Mars surface was wet.
One of the main goals of the current mission is to look for signs that ancient Martian life may have existed in the delta, and Ingenuity's job will be to get a view of the topography around the ridge, in addition to scouting a route for the rover.
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