National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched Perseverance spacecraft as part of the Mars Exploration Program on July 17, 2020 , spacecraft landed in Jezero crater on February 18, 2021 made. The main missions of the average car-sized spacecraft are to search for signs of ancient Martian life in the Jezero crater, home to a large lake and river delta in ancient times and deliver samples to Earth It is known to collect .
The 5-flight demonstration mission of Perseverance’s Ingenuity helicopter designed for aerial reconnaissance of Mars has begun. The Ingenuity helicopter made its flight to Mars on September 4th , passing over the “Seitah” region of Mars’ Jezero Crater . Ingenuity, In the flight that lasted 160 seconds, Ingenuity covered 210 meters horizontally and 8 meters vertically .
Video showing the journey of NASA helicopter:
This video showing Ingenuity’s first flight for Perseverance’s aerial reconnaissance mission gave scientists and viewers hope about Mars exploration work . Flight missions , which began on 4 September , continued on 24 October and 6 November.
During the space mission to explore Mars, many images were recorded from various angles. Two short videos of the flight of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter , which is the first helicopter on a different planet, over the Red Planet Mars, were brought together and shared. Images were recorded by the Mastcam-Z camera system in NASA’s Perseverance spacecraft.
Justin Maki, NASA’s Investigator in Southern California, said, “ Thanks to the wide viewing angle and quality recording performance , even from 300 meters away, we can show the audience that Ingenuity’s discovery It gives a detailed idea of the environment. ” he said. Researcher Maki emphasized that this video reveals the value of Mastcam-Z .
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