<story><title>Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/final-images-of-ingenuity-reveal-an-entire-blade-broke-off-the-helicopter/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>EnigmaFlare</author><text>In case anyone wants to keep an eye on the ongoing stream of images from the rovers, Nasa has an easy API that gives you a JSON file describing each image for the day.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;api.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;mars-photos&amp;#x2F;api&amp;#x2F;v1&amp;#x2F;rovers&amp;#x2F;perseverance&amp;#x2F;latest_photos?api_key=put-your-key-here&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;api.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;mars-photos&amp;#x2F;api&amp;#x2F;v1&amp;#x2F;rovers&amp;#x2F;perseverance&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get an API key here &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;api.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;api.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, today&amp;#x27;s record for a picture of the helicopter with the missing blade looks like this:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  {
   &amp;quot;id&amp;quot;:1229137,
   &amp;quot;sol&amp;quot;:1072,
   &amp;quot;camera&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;:48,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;SUPERCAM_RMI&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;rover_id&amp;quot;:8,&amp;quot;full_name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;SuperCam Remote Micro Imager&amp;quot;},
   &amp;quot;img_src&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mars.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;mars2020-raw-images&amp;#x2F;pub&amp;#x2F;ods&amp;#x2F;surface&amp;#x2F;sol&amp;#x2F;01072&amp;#x2F;ids&amp;#x2F;edr&amp;#x2F;browse&amp;#x2F;scam&amp;#x2F;LRE_1072_0762099726_099ECM_N0501618SCAM02072_0010I9J02_1200.jpg&amp;quot;,
   &amp;quot;earth_date&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;2024-02-24&amp;quot;,
   &amp;quot;rover&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;:8,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Perseverance&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;landing_date&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;2021-02-18&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;launch_date&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;2020-07-30&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;status&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;active&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;max_sol&amp;quot;:1072,&amp;quot;max_date&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;2024-02-24&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;total_photos&amp;quot;:202033,&amp;quot;cameras&amp;quot;:[...]}
  }&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/final-images-of-ingenuity-reveal-an-entire-blade-broke-off-the-helicopter/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>h2odragon</author><text>The ultimate fate of all toy helicopters.&lt;p&gt;Wonder if the new &amp;quot;silent propeller&amp;quot; ring configuration shapes will be more durable. I recall the early Radio Shack toy helis had guard rings on their propellers, it helped immensely but they still were delicate and easy to kill.</text></comment>