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PIA23823: Mars Helicopter Aboard Perseverance
The Mars Helicopter and its Mars Helicopter Delivery System were attached to the Perseverance Mars rover at Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020.
 Mission:  Mars Helicopter 
 Spacecraft:  Ingenuity
 Product Size:  5274 x 2968 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NASA 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA23823.tif (44.32 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23823.jpg (1.746 MB)  

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The Mars Helicopter and its Mars Helicopter Delivery System were attached to the Perseverance Mars rover at Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020. A shell (not pictured) will protect the helicopter during the rover's descent to the surface of Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The helicopter will be deployed about two-and-a-half months after Perseverance lands.

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

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2020-04-10