A NASA helicopter has captured a unique image of equipment debris that helped land the Perseverance probe that the agency sent to Mars a year ago.
The highly accurate image showed the wreckage that looked like a flying saucer, but was in fact a parachute and a cone-shaped cover that helped the probe land.
Regarding the image of the wreck, engineer Ian Clark, who oversaw the development of the Perseverance landing system on Mars, said: “It looks like from another world…isn’t it?”, according to what the American newspaper “New York Times” quoted.
Studying the equipment that contributed to the probe’s safe landing on Mars might help prepare for future missions to the red planet, according to NASA.