NASA Mars Helicopter Takes Flight With Weird Debris on Its Foot

By Aahil

October  06, 2022

Space

The Plucky Ingenuity helicopter of NASA took flight from Martian ground for a short repositioning flight.

In the Plucky Ingenuity helicopter, the navigation camera is positioned on the bottom of the rotorcraft.

Images Capture from unusual in the corner, however it is suggested that the debris may have fallen off or disappeared out of camera range.

According to the NASA JPL All telemetry from the flight and a post-flight search and transfer are nominal and show no indication of vehicle damage

The helicopter has held its anticipated lifespan and tries to impress with its ability to take to the skies.

Jezero is a windy place and Persistence has experienced  a fair amount of debris.

That debris has diverged from a spaghetti-like collection of material to a shiny piece of foil to a bit of thread-like string that got into its sample system.