NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Agency) reconnaissance helicopter Ingenuity offers views of Mars we’ve never seen before. The reconnaissance helicopter recently photographed the remnants of the parachute that the Perseverance rover used to land on the Red Planet.
Images that excite those who see it give hope to scientists. This is because the images will help them understand how the vehicle handles the descent and inspire various improvements. Exciting images give hope to scientists.
Images were taken from a height of 8 meters
NASA shared the images taken by the Ingenuity helicopter, which is a part of the Perseverance reconnaissance vehicle, on its Twitter account today. These images contain the remains of the parachute used in the rover’s landing on Mars.
A parachute making a soft landing on landing in February 2021, It crashed into the surface of Mars at about 125 kilometers per hour. In addition, it was shared that the parts of the parachute were intact. It is thought that these images could be an important source of ideas for future missions of NASA officials.
According to the information, the images were taken from a height of about 8 meters from the ground. According to NASA, Ingenuity flew for 159 seconds. During this time, he traveled 360 meters and took 10 photos. Produced at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the exploration vehicle runs on plutonium fuel. The vehicle landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, after launching on July 30, 202.
Perseverance ranks as the most advanced of the missions to Mars. It is known that for the realization of new missions on the Red Planet, $ 2.4 billion was spent on infrastructure works of the vehicle, and $ 300 million was spent on the system that allows it to work and land on the surface.
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