NASA's impressive Mars helicopter Ingenuity stumbled upon an 'otherworldly' site as it made its way through space over the Red Planet.

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity finds 'otherworldly' wreckage on planet's surface

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2024-04-13 09:00:04

NASA's impressive Mars helicopter Ingenuity stumbled upon an 'otherworldly' site as it made its way through space over the Red Planet.

As part of the Mars 2020 mission, the helicopter has spent the last four years racking up 72 flights over Mars, with NASA noting this has far exceeded its originally planned technology demonstration of up to five flights.

The helicopter was designed to preview areas of Mars that could be of possible interest for NASA's Perseverance rover, and it was during one of its flights in 2022 that it stumbled upon an eerie sight.

Images sent back by the helicopter show a mysterious wreckage on the Red Planet's surface, with debris lying abandoned and scattered across the ground.

Given the location of the wreckage, it would be easy to think Ingenuity had stumbled upon undeniable proof of aliens. But the only aliens involved in this mystery were the ones who sent Ingenuity up to Mars in the first place.

The images show the debris of the landing equipment used when Ingenuity arrived on Mars with the Perseverance rover back in 2021.