Ingenuity Tasked with Photo Mission Over Perseverance Rover Reentry Equipment
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter has completed yet another surprising mission, this time surveying the remains of the Perseverance Rover's jettisoned armor on the Martian surface. Ingenuity was tasked with the survey job by the Mars Sample Return program, curious about the status of the rover's conical backshell that was detached during its decent from orbit in February of 2021. The end result granted the program with 10 aerial images - color, no less - taken during Flight 26.