Episode 89
Ingenuity has survived the brutally cold Martian winter and received a software update. Its latest flight has begun to test the new capabilities with a flight over hazardous terrain that’s also starkly beautiful.
44 thoughts on “This is what Ingenuity saw from above”
36 flights is just amazing and totally beyond the original expectations of this little craft. This latest flight shows how useful an aerial scan can be for Perseverance. Great update!
I know that Insight is around 2,000 miles from Perseverance, but could Ingenuity be flown in stages to Insight, then hover over it to blow the dust off the solar panels?
So refreshing that this video did not mention presumptions of water or use terminology presupposing water. This video sticks to science and the scientific method.
OMG ! that would be amazing ! I fully agree to do technical tests and experiments while it lasts, this will allow future projects to take over for the big exploration capabilities.
An ideal test flight! In the absence of trees and other frames of reference, your "for scale" illustrations makes the otherwise hard to judge features of Mars tangible. I'm looking forward to the delta trek. Thank you M.G.
Now that the helicopter concept has been successfully demonstrated, I can't wait to see what a "next generation" chopper will do. Why not build one large enough to carry sampling equipment so JPL scientists can fly from one location to the next instead of driving?
Brilliant update. The future for Ingenuity is so exciting! Thanks again for such a clear and informative video with great use of Mars Guy for scale. The features are larger than I expected.
Amazing the way the Ingenuity team keeps pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Very encouraged about the plan to use its successors , not only as scouts but to actually retrieve samples and do science. It really is a new era in spaceflight: the era of aerial exploration.
The lack of sedimentary rock layers in a delta is the biggest thing that has stood out to me. From above it mirrors one for sure but on the ground level it lacks gradual layers of build up . I've seen one out crop that through paradolia I could try cornvince myself by invoking process theory and throwing out value theory in my evaluation but that's it..
It's amazing that this started out as a tech demo and now it's turned into a full scale companion for perseverance. Shows the capabilities of modern human engineering
I can't begin to express how much I love Ingenuity. It's such a marvelous piece of tech, and they really outdone themselves with this one. I had no hope it would survive the winter, and it's such a feast to have it now quickly approaching 10X its tech-demo goal. Thanks for these reports, Mars Guy! They are fantastic! 😀
Ingenuity continues to impress. I am greatly anticipating seeing designs for the next Mars flying craft given what JPL's engineers have learned their first is able to do.
Thank you so much for always putting in a reference for scale. It's weird that the only view I have ever had of Mars is from like 5 feet up. So all the features look small when viewed from the air. Perspective is strange with no other references
Very nice video, and I watch them all! Seeing the "mars guy" appear here and there totally makes all the difference in understanding the scale of what we see. Keep it up!
1st and 4th processed color (2 well differentiated shades of ochre and grey). The largest dune shapes (ochre) can be recognized on a photo map taken from an orbiter years before. They do not seem to have varied much in shape, size and location compared to other more stable rock formations in terms of position.
How impressive it is that software engineers can adapt and improve the performance of this incredible piece of technology. Truly ingenious, living up to its name. Thanks Mars Guy once again for bringing us the wonderful details of this exploration.
incredible how Ingenuity with its very small solar panels, and in such an extreme place has managed to make this series of flights, basically miracles, the first of its kind not only has it made it in all respects, but it is also continuing far beyond all expectations its mission. Ingenuity falls into the "circle" of the most epic probes ever launched to Mars imho
36 flights is just amazing and totally beyond the original expectations of this little craft. This latest flight shows how useful an aerial scan can be for Perseverance. Great update!
I could almost imagine a habitation settlement based in that area just below the bacon strip.
Did they upgrade the software to Windows 11? 😆
I know that Insight is around 2,000 miles from Perseverance, but could Ingenuity be flown in stages to Insight, then hover over it to blow the dust off the solar panels?
So refreshing that this video did not mention presumptions of water or use terminology presupposing water. This video sticks to science and the scientific method.
Its amazing we have a remote control helicopter on mars. Really is amazing.
Thank You Mars Guy! Amazing and interesting as always!
OMG ! that would be amazing !
I fully agree to do technical tests and experiments while it lasts,
this will allow future projects to take over for the big exploration capabilities.
An ideal test flight! In the absence of trees and other frames of reference, your "for scale" illustrations makes the otherwise hard to judge features of Mars tangible.
I'm looking forward to the delta trek.
Thank you M.G.
Now that the helicopter concept has been successfully demonstrated, I can't wait to see what a "next generation" chopper will do. Why not build one large enough to carry sampling equipment so JPL scientists can fly from one location to the next instead of driving?
Brilliant update. The future for Ingenuity is so exciting! Thanks again for such a clear and informative video with great use of Mars Guy for scale. The features are larger than I expected.
I wonder if the Ingenuity team ever imagined they would be planning missions for their copter at this point!
This reminds me of the little engine that could! Bravo Ingenuity.
Amazing the way the Ingenuity team keeps pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Very encouraged about the plan to use its successors , not only as scouts but to actually retrieve samples and do science. It really is a new era in spaceflight: the era of aerial exploration.
Quality… Simple as…. 😜
The lack of sedimentary rock layers in a delta is the biggest thing that has stood out to me. From above it mirrors one for sure but on the ground level it lacks gradual layers of build up .
I've seen one out crop that through paradolia I could try cornvince myself by invoking process theory and throwing out value theory in my evaluation but that's it..
I love your videos Mars Guy. Thank you once again for them. See you next video. I will thank you then as well!
Fantastic update as always. Nothing feels more like living in the future than getting updates from robots on other planets.
Great work. Thanks for sharing!
Ingenuity has been flying for over 55 years? {1:55}.
awesome
It's amazing that this started out as a tech demo and now it's turned into a full scale companion for perseverance. Shows the capabilities of modern human engineering
I can't begin to express how much I love Ingenuity. It's such a marvelous piece of tech, and they really outdone themselves with this one. I had no hope it would survive the winter, and it's such a feast to have it now quickly approaching 10X its tech-demo goal. Thanks for these reports, Mars Guy! They are fantastic! 😀
Ingenuity continues to impress. I am greatly anticipating seeing designs for the next Mars flying craft given what JPL's engineers have learned their first is able to do.
Pity they are still not bothering to used it to go look at something interesting…
Yet another SUPERB Mars Guy update. So informative, so spare and tight in its presentation. Thanks!
Again thank you sooo much to do the thing you do.
Thank you so much for always putting in a reference for scale. It's weird that the only view I have ever had of Mars is from like 5 feet up. So all the features look small when viewed from the air. Perspective is strange with no other references
I'm glad to see Mars Guy is still in good shape after the hardest part of the winter!
Wonderful video. Great work
Just awesome!!! Oh and I got the 1000th like do I get a prize?
It's amazing this thing 1) worked 2) still works and 3) made it through conjunction. Truly a credit to Dr. Varma.
Wasn't Ingenuity meant to be a "test vehicle"? A proof of concept? The team who put Ingenuity together did a pretty incredible job! Congrats to them.
Very nice video, and I watch them all! Seeing the "mars guy" appear here and there totally makes all the difference in understanding the scale of what we see. Keep it up!
Awesome as always Mars Guy!….Have a great Christmas and New Year!….Thanks for the awesome content….UD
All things considered, Ingenuity is doing extremely well….these videos should be shown in schools….
Ingenuity Flight 36.
4 color photos from RTEcam.
1st and 4th processed color (2 well differentiated shades of ochre and grey). The largest dune shapes (ochre) can be recognized on a photo map taken from an orbiter years before. They do not seem to have varied much in shape, size and location compared to other more stable rock formations in terms of position.
Ingenuity is as tough as nails, i cannot wait to see the next generation of these and what they can achieve. come on NASA,, do it faster!!!! lol
Great update! love that little helicopter and again I'll say that "Mars Guy for scale" makes the mars shots feel so real.. thanks Mars Guy.
Every single time I am blown away that this is now possible, that we can see what is going on on a different planet. It is just amazing.
The amount of work you're doing man…. Forever grateful, thank you so much for these videos !!!!
How impressive it is that software engineers can adapt and improve the performance of this incredible piece of technology. Truly ingenious, living up to its name. Thanks Mars Guy once again for bringing us the wonderful details of this exploration.
The delta is still a hypothesis.
incredible how Ingenuity with its very small solar panels, and in such an extreme place has managed to make this series of flights, basically miracles, the first of its kind not only has it made it in all respects, but it is also continuing far beyond all expectations its mission. Ingenuity falls into the "circle" of the most epic probes ever launched to Mars imho