Foreign Object Debris on NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter located some strange junk briefly hanging from one of its landing legs.

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We still don't know where it comes from? NASA tweet to mars helicopter that "There's something on your foot, Mars Helicopter!"

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According to NASA, during 33rd flight they spotted foreign body attached to helicopter leg. It was not visible during previous flight.

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NASA says that the "Perseverance Mars rover 2020 and Ingenuity teams are now working to find the source of the debris."

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Footage shows the straggling, cloth-like object hanging onto one of the helicopter's four legs during lift off before harmlessly drifting away.

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"All telemetry from the flight and a post-flight search and transfer are nominal and show no indication of vehicle damage," NASA wrote in its update.

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Till date NASA completed 32 successful flight and it provide important data of Mars surface, crater.

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Foreign Object Debris on NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

Foreign Object Debris on NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter located some strange junk briefly hanging from one of its landing legs.

We still don't know where it comes from? NASA tweet to mars helicopter that "There's something on your foot, Mars Helicopter!"

According to NASA, during 33rd flight they spotted foreign body attached to helicopter leg. It was not visible during previous flight.

NASA says that the "Perseverance Mars rover 2020 and Ingenuity teams are now working to find the source of the debris."

Footage shows the straggling, cloth-like object hanging onto one of the helicopter's four legs during lift off before harmlessly drifting away.

"All telemetry from the flight and a post-flight search and transfer are nominal and show no indication of vehicle damage," NASA wrote in its update.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Till date NASA completed 32 successful flight and it provide important data of Mars surface, crater.

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