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Nasa’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter unearths rover wreckage on Mars with a "sci-fi flavor" On Mars, Nasa's Ingenuity helicopter uncovered "otherworldly" photos. The photos have gone viral, with many people remarking on the "sci-fi" aspect of them.
Nasa’s Mars helicopter unearths rover wreckage on Mars with a “sci-fi flavor” On Mars, Nasa’s Ingenuity helicopter uncovered “otherworldly” photos. The photos have gone viral, with many people remarking on the “sci-fi” aspect of them.
During an aerial investigation of a portion of Mars, Nasa’s Mars chopper Ingenuity discovered the wreckage.
The cone-shaped debris is thought to be the backshell that protected Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover during its February 2021 landing on Mars.
We spy with our little eyes…rover landing gear!
During the #MarsHelicopter’s 26th flight, it took photos of the entry, descent, & landing gear @NASAPersevere needed to safely land on Mars. You can see the protective backshell & massive dusty parachute. https://t.co/1r5uoc5FyM pic.twitter.com/ePlEASIrr0Advertisement— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) April 27, 2022
The rover made the best-ever recorded landing on Mars, taking seven months to reach the planet and broadcasting its voyage across the world.
Landing on Mars is difficult due to significant gravity effects, high temperatures, and pressure variations to consider.
The fresh photographs acquired by the Mars helicopter, according to scientists, provide greater information and “a different vantage point.”
“It will be great if they either reinforce that our systems functioned as we think they worked or provide even one piece of engineering knowledge we can utilize for Mars Sample Return planning,” said Ian Clark, who worked on the Perseverance’s parachute system. And even if they aren’t, the images are stunning and motivating.”
The aerial images suggest that the Perseverance’s protective shell has remained intact, even through the shuttle’s entry into Mars’ atmosphere.
According to Nasa, “Many of the 80 high-strength suspension lines connecting the backshell to the parachute are visible and also appear intact.”
Many individuals have commented on the discovery’s “otherworldly” aspect, with Clark telling the New York Times, “There’s obviously a sci-fi quality to it.” Doesn’t it have an otherworldly quality to it?”
Since the 1960s, Earth has launched missions to Mars, with Nasa’s first successful flyby of the planet taking place in 1965.
Many countries, including Russia, India, and the United Arab Emirates, have dispatched missions to Mars since then.
So far, 50 trips to Mars have been attempted, with around half of them failing.
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will conduct the next scheduled missions to Mars in the 2020s and 2030s to collect samples from the Red Planet.
Despite the fact that humans have yet to set foot on Mars, there is hope that this will happen in the 2030s.
Traveling to the Red Planet, which is 35 million miles away from Earth, can take up to 26 months.
However, no two 26-month periods are the same, with Mars’ circumstances providing a 15-year window for a successful descent.
The projected next window is 2033, but it’s unclear whether the technology will have matured by then.
Nasa is presently conducting year-long simulations of Mars missions. Prospective astronauts will spend a year living in a Mars simulation as part of the CHAPEA mission, which actively recruits new candidates every year.
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