Taking a brief detour from its route to a crater scientists hope is teeming with evidence of ancient life, the Mars helicopter snaps unprecedented pictures of its landing gear after its fiery descent.
A helicopter surveying Mars for NASA has beamed home an eerie image of the wreckage of the landing gear that protected the drone through its fiery descent to the red planet.
Many of the suspension lines connecting the backshell to the parachute are visible and also appear intact.The parachute canopy shows no signs of damage from the supersonic airflow during inflation. "Perseverance had the best-documented Mars landing in history, with cameras showing everything from parachute inflation to touchdown," he said.
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