This artist concept shows the Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, which will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will build and manage operations of the Mars 2020 rover for the NASA Science Mission Directorate at the agencys headquarters in Washington.
For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ .
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Mars | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars 2020 | |
Instrument Host | Ingenuity | |
Host Type | Helicopter | |
Instrument | ||
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Artwork, Color | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2018-05-25 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22460 | |
Identifier | PIA22460 |