On the 20th of Feburary 2021 at 3:30 pm PST, Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter sent its first report back to Earth via the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the report, scientists learned that both the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter and its charging station are operational.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter is scheduled to stay attached at the bottom of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover for at least one month. The pupose is to charge the Ingenuity Helicopter slowly until its full capacity with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover‘s nuclear power MMRTG. Then after the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter is dettached and starts its missions, it will have to charge itself with solar power. Our 1:2 Peseverance Mars Rover Replica will also the helicopter shileld at the bottom of the Peseverance Mars Rover Replica and the charging station. Since we are already planning on building the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter Replica, it is only reasonable that we make the charging station a real charger, so that the Ingenuity Helicopter Replica can recharge with the Perseverance Rrover Replica.
The use of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter provides the mission another dimension to study Mars. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter not only can take photos from much higher altitudes compared to just the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover itself, but also it can get to and explore areas that the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover cannot reach. Our 1:2 Peseverance Mars Rover Replica‘s Ingenuity Helicopter Replica will also be equipped with a camera.
There are other helicopters that were sent into space in the past, but the success of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter will bring the future missions to another level. In this Mars 2020 mission, the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover’s Ingenuity Helicopter is working independly from the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover because scientis were not sure how it will react, but now, they can start to plan missions that can only be completed by rotorcrafts.
Our 1:2 Perseverance Mars Rover Replica will be a perfect replica of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. Although the rover replica will not have the actual functions as the real Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, the appearance structure will be the same. If you are interested in our 1:2 Perseverance Mars Rover Replica, you may check out [1:2 Perseverance Mars Rover Replica Design and Building Diary].