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Feb 20, 2021 · Operations

How Perseverance’s Sky‑Crane and Ingenuity Drone Redefined Mars Exploration

The Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars using a sky‑crane system, carried the first open‑source Linux flight software and the Ingenuity helicopter powered by a Snapdragon 801 chip, and now begins a suite of scientific and technology‑demonstration missions while China’s Tianwen‑1 prepares its own landing.