The American Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA has published a new video that allows you to admire the flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on the Red Planet in 3D.
The video demonstrates Ingenuity’s third “combat mission”, which took place on April 25, 2021. Then the Perseverance rover was able to capture this historic moment.
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NASA engineers have now rendered the flight in 3D, giving it “dramatic depth” as the helicopter rises, hovers then slides off-screen before returning to land. NASA representatives note:
Watching this scene is like standing on the surface of Mars next to Perseverance and watching the flight with your own eyes. “
Recall that the helicopter was delivered to Mars attached to the bottom of the Perseverance rover, which landed in the Jezero crater on February 18, 2021. Ingenuity’s main objectives are to demonstrate the technology and conduct the first flights to Mars.
After the first successful flights of Ingenuity, NASA decided to expand its mission and test a helicopter for reconnaissance and escort of the rover.
