NASA s Ingenuity helicopter has managed to spin its blades to 50 revolutions per minute (RPM) in preparation for its maiden flight on Mars this weekend.
The space agency shared a short animation, captured by cameras attached to Ingenuity s parent craft Perseverance, of the blades rotating.
Takeoff of the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) robotic helicopter, already detached from the Perseverance rover, is now slated for this Sunday (April 11).
If successful, Ingenuity, which has become affectionately known as Ginny , will be the first powered and controlled flight of an aircraft on any planet other than Earth.
Ingenuity carries a small amount of fabric that covered one of the wings of the Wright brothers aircraft, known as the Flyer, during the first powered, controlled flight on Earth in 1903.
NASA s Perseverance rover has sent back two selfies of its camera-laden face and head from the Jezero Crater on the surface of Mars.
The two snaps show Perseverance s remote sensing mast, which hosts many of the rover s cameras and scientific instruments.
They were taken with the SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover s robotic arm.
Perseverance touched down on the Red Planet on February 18 after a nearly seven-month journey through space.
It is tasked with seeking traces of fossilised microbial life from Mars ancient past and to collect rock specimens for return to Earth through future missions to the Red Planet.
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