---
title: "NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background"
description: "NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself."
date: "2021-04-08"
modified: "2021-04-08"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-helicopter-background"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Mars"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "ingenuity"
  - "mars"
  - "NASA"
  - "perseverance"
  - "the digest"
---

# NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background

![NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-helicopter-background.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Squad Goals

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just snapped its [next](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasas-mars-rover-took-selfie-beautiful>) incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.

The Mars rover managed to include the agency's Ingenuity helicopter in the image as well, which can be seen perched on the ground to the left of the car-sized rover.

Perseverance used the camera attached to the end of its long robotic arm — basically a glorified selfie stick — to take 62 individual pictures, which were then later stitched together into one glorious, wide angle group selfie.

https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1379883959006363648

## First Flight

Ingenuity's maiden voyage may just be days away. On Sunday April 11, the helicopter will attempt to hover at ten feet over the surface for up to 30 seconds. Perseverance will be ready to watch and take pictures of the historic event.

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab will then use the images taken by the rover to evaluate the first ever flight on the surface of another planet.

We wish the little helicopter the best of luck.

**READ MORE:** [Say Cheese on Mars: Perseverance's Selfie With Ingenuity](<https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8912/say-cheese-on-mars-perseverances-selfie-with-ingenuity/>) \[NASA\]

**More on Ingenuity:** *[NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is Online and Just Sent Back a Photo](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasas-mars-helicopter-online-sent-back-photo>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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