NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune (photo, video)

[Admin]

NASA's Perseverance Rover took a photo of its broken companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, as it sat motionless on a dune on Feb. 4.

NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune (photo, video) : Read more

 

[Cisventure Astronot]

I wonder if they'll try to picture the damage on the blades.

 

[Cdr. Shepard]

Aren't we all broken and alone?

I don't know what Brett had to hit me right in the feels with this headline.

 

[Cdr. Shepard]

I wonder if they'll try to picture the damage on the blades.

I'm sure they'll at least try. Engineering will consider that a key lesson learned.

 

[iMaxPlanck]

You hang in there, lil fella! The people of Earth are rallying to bring you home safely.

 

[AxE]

I wonder if they'll try to picture the damage on the blades.

They have! They wiggled the rotor and were able to confirm that at least two blades grazed the surface as it attempted to land in a "bland" dune slope with apparently too little contrast to navigate safely. Lesson learned!

NASA to 'wiggle' broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades to analyze damage

NASA isn't quite finished with its broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter yet, mission managers revealed in a livestream honoring the drone's legacy on Jan. 31. NASA to 'wiggle' broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades to analyze damage : Read more

forums.space.com

I wonder if they'll try to picture the damage on the blades.

 

[Cisventure Astronot]

They have! They wiggled the rotor and were able to confirm that at least two blades grazed the surface as it attempted to land in a "bland" dune slope with apparently too little contrast to navigate safely. Lesson learned!

NASA to 'wiggle' broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades to analyze damage

NASA isn't quite finished with its broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter yet, mission managers revealed in a livestream honoring the drone's legacy on Jan. 31. NASA to 'wiggle' broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades to analyze damage : Read more

forums.space.com

The article you linked said that they will do the wiggle, not that they have. I was wondering if they'll try to picture the damage with Perseverance instead of the wiggle, but they might have already done it by now.

 

[iceiggle]

You hang in there, lil fella! The people of Earth are rallying to bring you home safely.

Nobody on earth, including NASA and SpaceX, will try to retrieve the Ingenuity helicopter. NASA may build another helicopter with proximity sensors on the tips of its blades