Perseverance rover captures sound of Ingenuity flying on Mars
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07/05/2021 - 18:54
This NASA photo shows NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter achieves powered, controlled flight for the first time on another planet Handout NASA/AFP/File
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Washington (AFP)
NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time captured the low-pitched whirring of the Ingenuity helicopter's blades as it flies through the rarefied Martian atmosphere.
The space agency on Friday released new footage shot by the six-wheeled robot of its rotorcraft companion making its fourth flight on April 30 -- this time accompanied by an audio track.
The nearly three-minute-long video begins with the low rumble of the wind blowing across the Jezero Crater, where Perseverance landed in February on a mission to search for signs of ancient microbial life.