NASA Mars Helicopter snaps first aerial colour image of Red Planet
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured it with its colour camera during its second successful flight test on April 22
Sunday April 25, 2021 7:38 PM, IANS
Washington: NASA s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has captured the first colour image of the Martian surface.
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured it with its colour camera during its second successful flight test on April 22, the US space agency said in a statement.
While capturing the image, Ingenuity was 17 feet (5.2-metre) above the surface and pitching (moving the camera s field of view upward) so the helicopter could begin its 7-foot (2-metre) translation to the west - away from the rover.
261 This photo, snapped on April 22, 2021, by NASA s Mars helicopter Ingenuity, shows tracks made by the Perseverance rover on Jezero Crater s floor. “This is the first color image of the Martian surface taken by an aerial vehicle while it was aloft,” NASA officials wrote. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Washington, April 25
NASA s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has captured the first colour image of the Martian surface.
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured it with its colour camera during its second successful flight test on April 22, the US space agency said in a statement.
While capturing the image, Ingenuity was 17 feet (5.2-metre) above the surface and pitching (moving the camera s field of view upward) so the helicopter could begin its 7-foot (2-metre) translation to the west - away from the rover.
25 April 2021, 02:04 pm
NASA s Ingenuity helicopter completed its third flight on Mars. It was able to achieve speed and distance that set a new record.
(Photo : Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
People watch as the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 2019 in Titusville, Florida. The rocket is carrying a communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin into orbit.
On Apr. 15, the popular space helicopter of NASA took off at exactly 1:31 a.m. EDT or 4:31 a.m. PDT. It was able to reach a top speed of 6.6 feet per second or 2 meters per second, which is its fastest speed right now.
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured it with its colour camera during its second successful flight test on April 22, the US space agency said in a statement.