NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover observed the Ingenuity helicopter successfully completing its 54th flight on August 3, 2023. The recorded video shows Ingenuity performing a pre-flight check with its rotors ahead of take off. It then hovers at an altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) and rotates to the left, before safely landing.
This was just a short test flight to check Ingenuity’s navigation system and captured by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z imager from a distance of around 180 feet (55 meters). Researchers at Arizona State University are leading the operations of the Mastcam-Z instrument and are collaborating with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, on the design, fabrication, testing, and operation of the cameras.
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This color-enhanced image of the ‘Castell Henllys’ region in Jezero Crater was taken by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during the rotorcraft’s 48th flight on March 21, 2023, the 741st Martian day, or sol, of the Perseverance rover’s mission. At the time the image was taken, the helicopter was at an altitude of about 40 feet (12 meters),” said NASA.
