PIA24797: Ground Tracks of NASA's Perseverance and Ingenuity


Ground Tracks of NASA’s Perseverance and Ingenuity

Caption:

This annotated image depicts the ground tracks of NASA's Perseverance rover (white) and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (green) since arriving on Mars on February 18, 2021. The green dots represent the locations of the helicopter's airfields during the 11 flights it has made between April 19 and August 4. The lower yellow ellipse highlights the "Raised Ridges" geologic feature that Ingenuity reconnoitered during Flight 10. The upper yellow ellipse depicts the "South Séítah" region, which Ingenuity is scheduled to fly over during its 12th sortie.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars 2020
Instrument Host Ingenuity Perseverance
Host Type Helicopter Rover
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2021-08-16
Date in Caption 2021-02-18
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24797
Identifier PIA24797