Ingenuity Helicopter of Nasa captures its first colour image of Mars.
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has taken the first color image of the Martian surface made by an aerial vehicle. He used his onboard color camera during the second successful flight test on April 22. At the time of capturing the image, the Ingenuity helicopter was more than 5.2 meters (17 feet) above the surface. He was moving his camera’s field of view up so that it could begin its translation two meters (7 feet) west, away from the rover, he explained. POT.
The image taken is a close-up of the tracks of the Perseverance Mars rover and features on the surface of Mars. This shows how useful it is to explore the Martian land from an aerial point of view. The Ingenuity’s high-resolution color camera contains a 4208 by a 3120-pixel sensor that is mounted on the fuselage of the helicopter and points approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
Close-up view of the first color image of the Martian surface taken by an airborne vehicle while in the air. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
According to POT, the meandering parallel discolorations on the surface of Mars reveal the footprint of the six-wheeled rover.
NASA broke down what we can see in the image. While it may seem unremarkable at first, a close look will show the tracks of the Perseverance rover. The ‘Wright Brothers Field’ is close to the shadow of the helicopter with the actual take-off point just below the image. The helicopter has four legs and a part of two of its runways can be seen in the image (left and right sides of the image). A small portion of the horizon can also be seen at the top (right and left corners).
The main objective of the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is to test powered flight on another planet. He made his trip to Mars in the Perseverance rover, which landed on the Red Planet on February 18.
About the Ingenuity helicopter
The helicopter was built by JPL, which also manages this technology demonstration project for NASA headquarters. This entire mission is supported by the Directorate of Scientific Missions, the Directorate of Aeronautical Research Missions, and the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate. The Mars helicopter delivery system was designed and manufactured by the renowned and trusted Lockheed Space Systems, Denver.
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