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The new shots reveal how well the gear that helped Perseverance land fared, and they might help engineers plan for a future return mission to Earth.

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The two-kilogram chopper, the first aircraft to take flight on another world, snapped pictures of the Perseverance rover's discarded landing gear.

NASA sees ‘otherworldly’ wreckage on Mars with Ingenuity helicopter

You may recall we reported earlier this month that the Perseverance rover finally spotted its parachute and backshell off in the distance. This is the hardware that safely brought the rover to Mars surface on 18 February 2021.

From its birds' eye view, Ingenuity is offering precious information.

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter captured photos from Mars which surveyed remains of the parachute, and the Perseverance rover. Take a look at the photos here.

Taking a brief detour from its route to a crater scientists hope is teeming with evidence of ancient life, the Mars helicopter snaps unprecedented pictures of its landing gear after its fiery descent.

The Ingenuity helicopter has captured a unique bird's-eye perspective of the gear that helped land the Perseverance rover on Mars.

/PRNewswire/ -- NASA is requesting public comment on the scope of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the agencys proposed Mars Sample Return (MSR)...