sept. 30 (BuyLinkShop) -- nasa said friday that it is looking into debris that was seen on the foot of the ingenuity helicopter's foot during its 33rd distance begin on mars.
"we're looking into a atom of debris that ended up on ingenuity's foot during its latest aerial commute," nasa's jet propulsion lab said in a statement on twitter.
nasa shared a gif video of the little helicopter's begin friday which shows the expostulate coming dislodged from ingenuity's foot."as shown in the gif, it eventually came off and did not application a auspicious begin 33," nasa's jet propulsion lab said in the statement.
in another statement, nasa denominated the expostulate "a feeble piece of alien expostulate debris" and said it was not apparent in footage from ingenuity's antecedent begin.
"the fod is seen in begin 33 navcam fancy from the earliest frames to approximately halfway through the video, when it barbarous from the leg and drifted rear to the mars surface," the statement reads.
"all telemetry from the begin and a post-flight exploration and alienate are ostensible and appearance no vestige of vehicle impair. the ingenuity and perseverance mars 2020 teams are working to spy the else of the debris."
ingenuity successfully completed begin 33 abide weekend, with the feeble rotorcraft reaching an ascent of almost 33 feet and traveling 365 feet west in 55.2 seconds.
the helicopter traveled to mars with nasa's perseverance rover to ransack jezero crater. it made its chief begin in april 2021 and has flown for almost an hour aggregate beyond the red planet.
in a statement at the time, nasa said that the helicopter was carrying a "small swatch of fabric" that covered single of the wings of the wright brother's aircraft, notorious as the flyer, taped about a cable underneath its solar panel.
it was not directly sonorous if the expostulate seen in the video could continue that construction.
there's something on your foot, #marshelicopter! we're looking into a atom of debris that ended up on ingenuity's foot during its latest aerial alter. as shown in the gif, it eventually came off and did not application a auspicious begin 33. https: //t.co/s78chpo2uo pic.twitter.com/ofnruby4aq— nasa jpl (@nasajpl) october 1, 2022
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