PIA23159: Mars Helicopter Prototype
This image of NASA's Mars Helicopter prototype depicts the demonstration vehicle used to prove that controlled, and sustained flight is feasible in a Martian atmosphere.
 Mission:  Mars Helicopter 
 Spacecraft:  Ingenuity
 Product Size:  6035 x 4311 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
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 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23159.jpg (2.056 MB)  

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This image depicts the demonstration vehicle used to prove that controlled, and sustained flight is feasible in a Martian atmosphere. The first free flight of this prototype Mars Helicopter in atmospheric conditions similar to Mars occurred on May 31, 2016, inside the Space Simulator, a 25-foot-wide (7.62-meter-wide) vacuum chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2019-03-28