Five Meters over Mars
Explanation:
On mission sol 872 (Earth date August 3) Ingenuity snapped
this sharp
image
on its 54th flight
above the surface
of the Red Planet.
During the flight the Mars Helicopter hovered about 5 meters,
or just over 16 feet, above the Jezero crater floor.
Tips of Ingenuity's landing legs peek over the left and right edges
in the camera's field of view.
Tracks visible near the upper right corner lead to the
Perseverance Mars Rover, seen looking on from a distance
at the top right edge of the frame.
Planned
as a brief "pop-up" flight, Ingenuity's 54th flight lasted less than 25
seconds.
It followed Ingenuity's 53rd flight made on July 22 that resulted in
an
unscheduled landing.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
