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IN PICTURES: NASA’S MARS INGENUITY HELICOPTER IS ON THE RED PLANET

In this illustration, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter stands on the surface of the Red Planet as NASA’s Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) moves away.

The tech demo called home from where it is strapped to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.

Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California received the first situation report from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which landed on February 18, 2021 at Jezero Crater attached to the belly of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. agency.

The downlink, which arrived at 3:30 p.m. PST via a connection via the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicates that the helicopter, which will remain attached to the rover for 30 to 60 days, and its base station (an electrical box on the rover that stores and routes communications between the rotorcraft and Earth) are functioning as intended.