NASA’s Mars helicopter is looking good

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NASA's newest Mars mission has been going great. The space agency just barely managed to launch the mission in 2020 before the launch window closed, but everything since has been gone just about as well as anyone at NASA could have imagined. The rover successfully landed on Mars, tested all of its sensitive, high-tech instruments, and is already rolling on the Red Planet. But the rover isn't the only vehicle that recently arrived on Mars. The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter was also along for the ride, and NASA just shared the first image of it in its new home.

The helicopter rode to Mars on the belly of Perseverance. It cruised down to a soft landing still strapped to the rover's underside and, now that the rover has gotten through all of its vital checks, NASA has sent a command to the rover to remove the thick shield that covered the helicopter during its long trip.

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