As reported by CBS News, Ingenuity, which was the first helicopter to fly to another planet, took these 10 aerial color photographs of the Perseverance wreckage, and NASA believes the images “have the potential to help ensure safer landings.” for future spacecraft “. NASA Ingenuity Images of the Debris of Perseverance The photos show Perseverance’s rear shell and supersonic parachute that helped the rover land and pass safely into the Martian atmosphere. While the landing was a huge success, these parts suffered some expected damage during the descent. “Perseverance had the best-documented landing on Mars in history, with cameras showing everything from parachute inflation to touchdown,” said IP Clark of JPL, a former Perseverance systems engineer and now head of the Mars Sample Return ascent phase. . “But Ingenuity images offer a different advantage. Whether they either reinforce that our systems worked as we think they did or even provide a set of mechanical information data that we can use to design a Mars sample return would be amazing. And if not, the photos are still amazing and inspiring. “ The parachute itself contained a secret message that was decoded last year, and was found to contain the secret message “dare strong things”, the motto used by the Perseverance team. The Perseverance was launched on July 30, 2020 and landed successfully on Mars on February 18, 2021. Its mission is to look for signs of habitable living conditions and for signs of older microbial life. Blogroll image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Do you have a tip for us? Do you want to discuss a possible story? Send email to [email protected] Adam Bankhurst is an IGN news writer. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
