#mars-helicopter — Public Fediverse posts

Just so that we don't forget little #MarsHelicopter #Ingenuity that's now retiring up at Valinor Hills, in the Neretva Vallis ancient riverbed, in NW Jezero crater.

180 processed and colorized HELI_NAV images, played at 5fps
RMC: 28.0001, Sol: 423
LMST: 11:52:43
UTC: 2022-04-29T07:42:09

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Flight28 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

Where no rover has gone before: how Mars helicopters enable a new era of exploration

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/where-no-rover-has-gone-before-how-mars-helicopters-enable-a-new-era-of-exploration/

While waiting for news from #Ingenuity in the past, new ways were devised to keep the excitement high. Here, #Ingenuity was spotted from 480m afar after #Flight48 , by flickering before/after images captured by #Perseverance 11 sols apart.

Animated MCZ RIGHT, LEFT
FL: 110mm
Sols: 737, 748, RMC: 37.0000
Originals: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00748/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_0748_0733346536_832EBY_N0370000ZCAM05142_1100LMJ01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00737/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0737_0732365748_818EBY_N0370000ZCAM08746_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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#Ingenuity's #Flight47 captured from 120m away by #Perseverance on Sol 729. The camera was fixed and set to a 34mm focal length to capture as much of the action as possible, so resolution is not great, but this version zooms in and follows the #MarsHelicopter while it flies across the field, hopefully adding to the visual result.

MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 34mm
Sol: 729, RMC: 36.0000, LMST: 16:07:03

One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00729/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0729_0731670427_773EBY_N0360000ZCAM01529_0340LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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"NASA believes it understands why Ingenuity crashed on Mars" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - First ever investigation into an aircraft crash on another planet has concluded. #NASA #MarsHelicopter🚁 #Ingenuity had difficulty auto-navigating on flat featureless terrain. Unable to detect and counteract its wind drift, it touched down with horizontal motion that tipped it over, and damaged all its rotor blades on impact, and ripped one off. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/nasa-believes-it-understands-why-ingenuity-crashed-on-mars/ #Mars #aviation #avgeek #drone

사상 처음으로 다른 행성에서 항공사고가 났습니다. #MarsHelicopter
2021년에 화성에서 임무를 시작한 무인 헬리콥터 NASA Ingenuity는 예정된 몇 개월간의 임무를 마치고 무기한의 연장 임무를 수행중이었습니다.
Ingenuity는 카메라를 이용해 지형을 판단하는데, 인식 문제로 기울어진 표면에 착륙했습니다.
2800RPM이라는 로터 회전률은 로터를 부러뜨리기에 충분했고, 이제 Ingenuity는 날지 못합니다.
아직 확실한 정황은 더 조사해봐야겠지만, 이게 일단 확인된 내용 전부이며, 컨퍼런스에서 발표가 진행되었습니다. 컨퍼런스 내용은 밑 링크에 있습니다.
https://youtu.be/p45y3ea9vHY

Talking about #Ingenuity…

"[T]he helicopter still beams weather and avionics test data to the #Perseverance rover about once a week." 😍 😍 💕 (last heard from it on Nov 21, Sol 1330)

A detailed assessment of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight on Jan. 18, 2024, which will be published in the next few weeks as a NASA technical report.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-performs-first-aircraft-accident-investigation-on-another-world/

#MarsHelicopter #NASA #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

We might as well now say goodbye to #Ingenuity, for it will be very long till #Perseverance has an opportunity to be in radio range with the #MarsHelicopter again, or have a line-of-sight to it.

As seen in the map, this is the closest the rover will get to the heli being visible (light toned area) for several years.

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫!

#QGIS #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #PDSAnalystNotebook

At last, a MastcamZ image captured in the direction of #Ingenuity, albeit one at half the max resolution (110mm) of the camera, 63mm.

And, lo and behold, the #MarsHelicopter IS VISIBLE!

From a distance of roughly 2km, it occupies 6 whole pixels in total! 😃

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking NE (43°) from RMC 60.0390
Sol 1282, LMST: 15:04:08

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01282/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1282_0780758855_832EBY_N0600390ZCAM09340_0630LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

As #Ingenuity fades into the distance, an old daguerreotype-like photograph of its whereabouts seems appropriate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

(It also keeps it from fading into oblivion 😎 )

Processed, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT
looking NE (44°) from RMC 59.2902
Sol 1269, LMST: 13:35:44

See the original:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01269/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLR_1269_0779599348_177ECM_N0592902NCAM00502_02_1I6J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

A sol too late.

This view toward #Ingenuity came one sol too late. The #MarsHelicopter is again obscured by an intermediate hill.

Map follows.

Processed with #GIMP, leveled MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ENE (63°) from RMC 59.1024
Sol 1265, LMST: 15:26:11

If you think the colors are a little off, have a look at the original 😬 : https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01265/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1265_0779251048_723EBY_N0591024ZCAM09323_1100LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

#Ingenuity would be easy to spot in an image if it occupied a few visible pixels, since the line-of-sight to the #MarsHelicopter passes right above the Mount Washburn group of hills, where #Perseverance had been 102 sols ago.

Maps were made with #QGIS using #NASA's #MMGIS data and #USGS, #HiRISE DTMs and imagery

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Yes, that's where #Ingenuity is.

But we can't see it in NAVCAM images, maybe not even in 110mm MastamZ zooms. The SUPERCAM telescope *might* be able to pick up a few pixels of it, if it ever targeted the #MarsHelicopter.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking ENE (63°) from RMC 59.0018
Sol 1253, LMST: 13:03:23

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01253/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1253_0778176960_362ECM_N0590018NCAM03253_01_195J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Well, we may have gotten what we wished 😀 !

#Perseverance has moved again, AND, has changed site a̲g̲a̲i̲n̲, to 58. What made the team change two site numbers in just two sols? The terrain around seems uninteresting (although IANAG)

But…

Spending a few sols listening for, taking a few shots, and downloading images from the #MarsHelicopter IS indeed a very good reason. Maybe this double change of site right where #Ingenuity becomes visible again may not be a coincidence.

#NASA #Solarocks #Space

#Ingenuity is seen here sticking its solar panel above the sandy waves of #ValinorHills in this image from Sol 1152 received today. While the solar panel of the #MarsHelicopter may still be visible from the rover at its present location on Sol 1159, it will soon disappear when #Perseverance clears the ripples it's facing on its way northwest to Bright Angel.

Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01152/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1152_0769214813_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Ingenuity | SuperCam | Sol 1139 🪐

#ingenuity #mars #mars2020 #marshelicopter #perseverance

⏩ 2 new pictures from @stim3on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20240505110044

New Mastcam-Z panorama taken by the Perseverance rover during dusk on Sol 1030.

Full resolution: https://gigapan.com/gigapans/234668

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

#MarsHelicopter #NASA #Perseverance #Ingenuity #Mars #Solarocks

I believe we can now reconstruct the last moments of #Ingenuity's #Flight72 with some certainty. The actual trajectory may be a little more complicated, e.g. turning while hopping, but we'll never know.

EDIT: there is a new theory about Flight 71, see comments.

Animation

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (16°) from RMC 52.0000
Sol 1130, LMST: 16:19:24

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01130/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1130_0767269765_831EBY_N0520000ZCAM09152_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#MarsHelicopter #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

NASAのIngenuityが火星で初の動力飛行を達成し、計画の5倍の72回も飛行して探査やローバーの計画に役立ったっぽい。 #Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter #NASA
https://x.com/NASA/status/1781428064431342074

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Transitions Into Stationary Testbed https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-transitions-into-stationary-testbed/ #marshelicopter #Ingenuity #Space #mars

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Transitions Into Stationary Testbed - On April 16th NASA announced the formal end to Ingenuity’s days as the first ever ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-transitions-into-stationary-testbed/ #marshelicopter #ingenuity #space #mars

Maybe one of our last images of #Ingenuity, if one can call those few pixels an "image" of the #MarsHelicopter. There haven't been any SUPERCAM images from this new angle so far, so such wide FOV NAVCAM images is all that we have.

Quick NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking from RMC 51.4692
Sol 1123, LMST: 11:16:05

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01123/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1123_0766629656_350ECM_N0514692NCAM03123_16_095J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

#Ingenuity news! Rejoice!

"[T]he helicopter is ready for its final act: to serve as a stationary testbed, collecting data that could benefit future explorers of the Red Plan
[…]
The team has calculated Ingenuity’s memory could potentially hold about 20 years’ worth of daily data."

Article: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-team-says-goodbye-for-now

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

Marsrover Perseverance Mastcam/Navcam Sol 1110 🪐

#ingenuity #mars #mars2020 #marshelicopter #nasa #perseverance #space

⏩ 2 new pictures from @stim3on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20240415110154

The #Perseverance rover is currently moving west towards her new science object called Bright Angel.
On Sol 1110, she captured this panorama with her left Navcam, overlooking Neretva Vallis.

Interactive viewer: https://www.360cities.net/image/marsrover-perseverance-navcam-sol-1110

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

edit: fixed the caption

#MarsHelicopter #NASA #Perseverance #Mars #Solarocks

I reprocessed the Sol 1110 Ingenuity image with AI-upscaling to improve visual fidelity.

As @65dBnoise already noted, there seems to be disturbed sand on the other side of the sand ripple. We are still hoping for SuperCam images of the area to get a better understanding of what happened.
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/112219066878951407

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

#MarsHelicopter #NASA #Perseverance #Mars #Solarocks

There are some new marks visible on the regolith ripple, that were previously hidden behind the crest. This will definitely change the way the #Flight72 landing events have been interpreted by the #MarsHelicopter team.

Zoomed-in, processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking E and down from RMC 51.2578
Sol 1110, LMST: 12:02:00

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01110/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1110_0765478407_069EBY_N0512578ZCAM09133_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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On Sol 1100 #Perseverance drove 33m to a new location, 18m WSW, apparently trying to avoid a sandy patch south of the rocky top in front of it. It's now 373m away from #Ingenuity, but the #MarsHelicopter is still not in view.

Map follows.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking from RMC 51.0644
Sol 1100, LMST: 15:52:25

One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01100/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1100_0764604876_696ECM_N0510644NCAM02100_04_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space