One Day, Seeing a Helicopter Fly on Mars May Be Commonplace. That Day Is Not Today - ScienceAlert
Seven months after its first epic flight on the red planet, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is still going strong, exceeding the expectations of the original mission beyond all belief, much to everyone's joy and excitement.
By now, Ingenuity is practically a flight pro, and it's still just as impressive watching the helicopter take to the air, performing complex maneuvers on a world so different from Earth.The flight took place in the Séítah region of Jezero crater, where the two robotic probes explored the terrain together, collecting data so that scientists here on Earth can study the mineral composition of the region.The purpose of the flight was to take images of a rocky outcrop from multiple angles, from a maximum altitude of 8 meters.These images were taken at the request of the Perseverance science team, to complement 10 images taken during the helicopter's 12th flight.