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Mars helicopter Ingenuity spots Perseverance rover from the air (photo)
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Mars helicopter Ingenuity spots Perseverance rover from the air (photo)

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity managed to snap a photo of the Perseverance rover from the air on Sunday (April 25), providing an unprecedented view of a robotic explorer on the surface of another world.

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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity managed to snap a photo of the agency's Perseverance rover from the air on Sunday (April 25), providing an unprecedented view of a robotic explorer on the surface of another world.

"Oh hey, there I am! Never thought I’d be the subject of another photographer on Mars. Great capture by the #MarsHelicopter team," Perseverance's handlers said via the rover's official @NASAPersevereTwitter account on Tuesday evening (April 27), when the photo was released.

NASA's Pathfinder lander photographed the first-ever Mars rover, Sojourner, on the Red Planet back in 1997. But both of those robots were firmly on the ground.