stim3on, 3 months ago

New Mastcam-Z images that were downlinked earlier today further confirm that one of the blades from the upper rotor is entirely missing.
Previously this damage was only seen in the helicopter shadow in images taken by the navigation camera from Ingenuity.

The outer 25% of the remaining upper blade is also broken off and the new blade-tip is bent slightly upwards.

2x upscaled Mastcam-Z right image.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

the Mars Helicopter standing on the slope of a sand ripple. two small dark marks can be seen in the sand next to her, these were presumably made by the impact of the rotor blades. Only three rotor blades are visible, from the point of view of the camera, the upper left blade is missing.

sharponlooker, 3 months ago

@stim3on with references to mastodon threads @65dBnoise 😉

65dBnoise, 3 months ago

@stim3on @sharponlooker

Mastodon's #solarocks community is like a colony of decent people on Mars, that is, not Muskies 😎

65dBnoise, 3 months ago

@sharponlooker @stim3on
A Swiss Army knife for scale is way cooler than a banana.

But "post mortem"? Although it helps add some drama, rumors about #Ingenuity's death have been greatly exaggerated 😀.

I see Perseverance tuning in every morning to listen to Ingenuity's transmissions (like a track driver tuned to an AM radio station in the '70s) while climbing up the hills south of the Neretva Vallis Bend.

#WANDY! ( We Are Not Dead Yet! )