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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter used its black-and-white navigation camera to capture this video showing the shadows of its rotor blades turning o...
Ingenuity's Navcam Reveals a Missing Rotor BladeIngenuity's Navcam Reveals a Missing Rotor Blade
February 29, 2024
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter used its black-and-white navigation camera to capture this video showing the shadows of its rotor blades turning on Feb. 11, 2024.
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The Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI) camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took these zoomed-in images of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and o...
SuperCam's RMI Spots Ingenuity's Broken RotorSuperCam's RMI Spots Ingenuity's Broken Rotor
February 27, 2024
The Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI) camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took these zoomed-in images of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and one of its rotor blades on Feb. 24, 2024, the 1,072nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission
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This natural-color mosaic showing NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at "Valinor Hills" was acquired by the agency's Perseverance Mars rover ...
Ingenuity at 'Valinor Hills'Ingenuity at 'Valinor Hills'
February 27, 2024
This natural-color mosaic showing NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at "Valinor Hills" was acquired by the agency's Perseverance Mars rover on Feb. 21, 2024, the 1,068th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at its final airfield on Feb. 4, 2024. The helicopter dam...
Perseverance Spots Ingenuity at Its Final AirfieldPerseverance Spots Ingenuity at Its Final Airfield
February 06, 2024
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at its final airfield on Feb. 4, 2024. The helicopter damaged its rotor blades during landing on its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024. The Ingenuity team has nic...
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After its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this color image showing the shadow of a rotor blade damaged duri...
Ingenuity Spots the Shadow of its Damaged Rotor BladeIngenuity Spots the Shadow of its Damaged Rotor Blade
January 25, 2024
After its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this color image showing the shadow of a rotor blade damaged during a rough landing.
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this view of sand ripples during its 70th flight, on Dec. 22, 2023. Taken from about 39 feet (12 meters) ...
Ingenuitys View of Sand Dunes During Flight 70Ingenuitys View of Sand Dunes During Flight 70
January 25, 2024
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this view of sand ripples during its 70th flight, on Dec. 22, 2023. Taken from about 39 feet (12 meters) above the surface, the image shows the widest swath of sandy, relatively featureless terrain the hel...
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Celebrate the accomplishments of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter with a vertical or horizontal poster illustration depicting the first helic...
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter PosterIngenuity Mars Helicopter Poster
January 25, 2024
Celebrate the accomplishments of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter with a vertical or horizontal poster illustration depicting the first helicopter on the Red Planet.
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived at Mars on the underbelly of Perseverance on Feb. 18, 2021.
In the more than two years since landing, t...Ingenuity Mars Helicopter By the NumbersIngenuity Mars Helicopter By the Numbers
January 25, 2024
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived at Mars on the underbelly of Perseverance on Feb. 18, 2021.
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This image shows a test flight of a full-scale prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
First Controlled Flight of Mars Helicopter PrototypeFirst Controlled Flight of Mars Helicopter Prototype
December 20, 2023
This image shows a test flight of a full-scale prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
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Shown here is an annotated representation of the 13 sample tubes containing rock-core samples that are being carried aboard NASA’s Perseveran...
Cored Samples Aboard Perseverance at Sol 1,000Cored Samples Aboard Perseverance at Sol 1,000
December 12, 2023
Shown here is an annotated representation of the 13 sample tubes containing rock-core samples that are being carried aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover as of Dec. 12, 2023, when the mission was marking its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, on the R...
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This 360-degree mosaic from the “Airey Hill” location inside Jezero Crater was generated using 993 individual images taken by the Perse...
Perseverance's 360-Degree View From 'Airey Hill'Perseverance's 360-Degree View From 'Airey Hill'
December 12, 2023
This 360-degree mosaic from the “Airey Hill” location inside Jezero Crater was generated using 993 individual images taken by the Perseverance Mars rover’s Mastcam-Z from Nov. 3-6. The rover remained parked at Airey Hill for seve...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of a location nicknamed “Castell Henllys” using its Mastcam-Z camera on April...
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views 'Castell Henllys'Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views 'Castell Henllys'
December 12, 2023
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of a location nicknamed “Castell Henllys” using its Mastcam-Z camera on April 13, 2023, the 763rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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PIXL, one of the instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, analyzed the chemical makeup of an area of abraded rock dubbed “Ouz...
PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Ouzel Falls'PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Ouzel Falls'
December 12, 2023
PIXL, one of the instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, analyzed the chemical makeup of an area of abraded rock dubbed “Ouzel Falls,” finding it rich in minerals containing phosphate, a material found in the DNA and c...
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Analyzing this abraded rock patch dubbed “Bills Bay,” the PIXL instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover found it rich in carb...
PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'
December 12, 2023
Analyzing this abraded rock patch dubbed “Bills Bay,” the PIXL instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover found it rich in carbonates and silica, both of which are good at preserving signs of ancient life.
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The path taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during the first 1,000 sols (Martian days) of its mission at Jezero Crater is annotated on t...
1,000 Days of Perseverance1,000 Days of Perseverance
December 12, 2023
The path taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during the first 1,000 sols (Martian days) of its mission at Jezero Crater is annotated on this overhead view taken by the HiRISE camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.