Ingenuity Helicopter Takes First Aerial Color Photos of Mars: 'That's Why We're Here'
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’sIngenuity helicoptersent back its first color images from Mars, showing a unique perspective of the planet’s barren surface from above the ground. The photographs were taken as Ingenuity, a 4-lb. helicopter that became the first powered aircraft to fly on another planet earlier this month, took its second flight on Thursday. According toNASA, this trip was a relatively short one, only lasting 51.9 seconds. But in that time, Ingenuity marked several new milestones, such as a higher maximum altitude, increased flight duration and improved sideways movement....