You have telescopic vision if you can see the stricken Mars helicopter within 30 seconds
NASA's stricken Mars helicopter has been spotted at its final resting place among the dunes.
But can you figure it out?
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The lonely sight was captured on Sunday (February 4) by its companion, the Perseverance Mars Rover.
The historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to an end
Bill Nelson
A grim image shows Ingenuity collecting dust after suffering irreparable damage last month.
Perseverance captured the scene with the Left Mastcam-Z Camera, one of a pair of cameras high on the rover's mast.
Ingenuity made history as the first powered flight on another world.
During its deployment, the helicopter performed a total of 72 flights, but a broken rotor left it stranded in the Jezero crater on the Red Planet.
NASA announced the end of the mission for Ingenuity on January 25.
“NASA's history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission on the Red Planet after exceeding expectations and completing dozens more flights than planned,” the space agency said.
Originally designed as a technology demonstration to conduct up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, the first aircraft on another world operated from the surface of Mars for almost three years.
Ingenuity flew more than 14 times further than planned and recorded a total of more than two hours of flight time.
“The historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to an end,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
“That remarkable helicopter flew higher and further than we ever imagined and helped NASA do what we do best: make the impossible possible.
“Through missions like Ingenuity, NASA is paving the way for future flights in our solar system and smarter, safer human exploration to Mars and beyond.”
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What does it mean for perseverance?
Despite Ingenuity's death, Perseverance will continue its work on Mars in search of signs of life.
Perseverance has a total of 19 cameras and two microphones, and seven scientific instruments.
1. Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)
An X-ray gun that will help scientists investigate the composition of rocks on Mars.
2. Radar Imager for the Mars Underground Experiment (RIMFAX)
A ground-penetrating radar that images buried rocks, meteorites and even possible underground water sources up to a depth of 10 meters (33 ft).
3. Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA)
A set of sensors that measure temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure and other atmospheric conditions.
4. Mars oxygen ISRU experiment (MOXIE)
An experiment that will convert carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars. A scaled-up version could be used in the future to provide Martian colonists with breathable air.
5. SuperCam
A range of instruments for measuring the composition of rocks and regoliths at a distance
6. Mastcam-Z
A camera system that can create “3D” images by combining two or more photos into one.
7. Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC)
From Baker Street to Mars: Sherloc contains an ultraviolet laser that will examine Martian rocks for organic compounds.