'Sudden death', the alien hunting ship still had time to leave behind its treasure
Ingenuity is one of two warriors on NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which left Earth in mid-2020 on a mission to search for evidence of alien life on Mars - ancient or alive.
Unfortunately, a few months ago Ingenuity - a helicopter-like robot - fell and broke its rotor. It said goodbye to humanity and NASA announced the end of its mission on January 25.
However, NASA just revealed that this durable robot is not really dead.
According to the latest announcement, NASA said their small robot continues to use its remaining energy to collect data from the place where it crashed and transmit it to Earth.
On April 16, NASA officially received the final data package from this warrior.
However, Ingenuity is still not sleeping peacefully. It is trying to take advantage of the remaining power to collect another set of data about the land that NASA believes contains evidence of alien creatures, and where it crashed and remained forever.
However, to retrieve the final gift that Ingenuity left behind for humanity, NASA will have to launch another mission to Mars, using another robotic ship or sending a crew, to reach Ingenuity directly.
Ingenuity is a companion of another famous alien hunting robot, Perseverance.
Ingenuity's mission is to scout from above, get preliminary data to help orient its friend - a slower, heavier, autonomous vehicle-like robot with many tools - to continue collecting in-depth data. .
During the Mars 2020 mission, scientists expect Ingenuity to operate for 30 days and conduct five test flights around the site where it and its companion landed.
However, the couple has tirelessly accompanied them for nearly 3 years, since landing in June 2021. When Ingenuity crashed, Perseverance went looking for it, but unfortunately the helicopter had a broken wing and one wing was damaged so it could no longer fly.
Perseverance is still running well so it will continue to explore the Jezero Crater area, a 45 km diameter impact crater containing both a river delta and a large lake, where NASA believes life once, or still resides. treat.
NASA's autonomous rover robot is very durable. Perseverance's predecessor Curiosity is still operating in Gale Crater, another "life zone" about 2,300 km from Jezero Crater. Curiosity was launched in 2011.
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