PIA23161: Monitoring the Mars Helicopter


Monitoring the Mars Helicopter

Caption:

Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung and Bob Balaram of NASA's Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test. The image was taken on Jan. 18, 2019 as the flight model of the Mars Helicopter was tested in the Space Simulator, a 25-foot-wide (7.62 meter-wide) vacuum chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Background Info:

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/ .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars 2020
Instrument Host Ingenuity
Host Type Helicopter
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2019-03-28
Date in Caption 2019-01-18
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23161
Identifier PIA23161