PIA23372: Mars Helicopter Installed on Mars 2020 Rover
An engineer works on attaching NASA's Mars Helicopter to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover, which has been flipped over for that purpose, on Aug. 27, 2019, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
 Mission:  Mars Helicopter 
 Spacecraft:  Ingenuity
 Product Size:  7360 x 4912 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
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An engineer works on attaching NASA's Mars Helicopter to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover — which has been flipped over for that purpose — on Aug. 28, 2019, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

The twin-rotor, solar-powered helicopter was mechanically connected, along with the Mars Helicopter Delivery System, to a plate on the rover's belly that includes a cover to shield the helicopter from debris during entry, descent and landing. The helicopter will remain encapsulated after landing, deploying to the surface once a suitable area to conduct test flights is found at Jezero Crater, the rover's destination.

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

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2019-08-28