36 Months on Mars: A Bright Object Really Is Following Us!

This video chronicles the dramatic and poignant events of NASA's Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. On Sol 988, after a solar conjunction, Perseverance processes the terrain and Ingenuity undertakes its 67th flight. Perseverance captures interesting geological features, while Ingenuity crashes on its 72nd flight, damaging its blades severely. Meanwhile, Perseverance encounters its own challenges with a stuck dust cover on its camera. Despite these setbacks, both continue their missions, with Ingenuity now serving as a stationary data collector. The video touches on the rover's continuous exploration and the eventual goal to retrieve Ingenuity's hard drive containing decades of data.
This video is part of Perseverance's journey on Mars. This video is 36 Months on Mars.
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AI Interpolated Drive - Lior Rubanenko, Emily Cardarelli, Justin Maki, David Paige, UCLA, California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA.
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Music: Epidemic Sound
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[@ElderFoxDocumentaries]

Okay, who cried? 👀

[@GenericWhiteMale56]

I honestly shed a few tears over Ingenuity. Rest well little buddy.

[@Ng7]

Legends never die.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Not any real men.

[@ChrisPBacon681]

😭😭😭

[@LizoMtsolo-qd7wn]

Bye bye ingenuity😢

[@billthomas8994]

No janky editing, no speeded up run-on breathless commentary, no tiresome heavily recycled stock footage. Thank you for the excellence.

[@rossr100]

And no endless repetition of the same point over and over. And over.

[@spunkychops7484]

Are you serious? Utter bs . Boring AI voice.

[@thebestmatthewschannel]

humanity loves you ingenuity, hopefully we can come back for you one day.

[@default-126]

Even though it's just a drone, what makes it so sad is all the hard work, dedication and memories compacted in one tiny two blade helicopter, served it's mission in excess. RIP Ingenuity.

[@anar3786]

So we will not hear "Meanwhile... Ingenuity..." in the videos anymore 🥺. Heartbreaking for anyone following this beautiful journey. Though it now cannot soar up to the sky, Ingenuity leaves behind a legacy that echoes across the annals of human achievement.

[@ElderFoxDocumentaries]

Thanks for your beautifully written comment :)

[@badash786]

Fair well Ingenuity. What a brave little helicopter

[@panduno8448]

Not ashamed of saying I cried fot the lost of this little guy. You did it well my friend, you did it really well.

[@Christin5554]

I am amazed what can be done from Earth to make things work on Mars. What a great time we are living in.

[@lilmike2710]

Yet we can't get a decent cellular signal more than 2 miles from an interstate. 🙄

[@Christin5554]

@@lilmike2710 that is so true 😂

[@headownMH]

feeling sad over a drone on another planet feels weird 😔 rip ingenuity

[@IlIlIUnknownadventurer]

I feel you it almost brought me to tears.

[@brucelawson642]

😢......😂😂😂

[@belongaskip]

Valinor hills? 14:24 Haha I love it. What massive nerds these scientists

[@td6647]

Considering the fact that even one flight wasn't guaranteed, I would say "no" to tears of mourning and "yes" to a celebration of life and accomplishments to both the engineers and the little copter.😊

[@xxthesarcasm]

The fact that it can send back this type of high-quality images all the way from Mars is just mind-blowing. I mean, look at the resolution. It really is jaw-dropping. Beautiful stuff, man!

[@maurocoppa4274]

Wonderful....Special Emotion.....good bye frome Rome,Italy.....😊you are best👍long...very long life....future is waiting!!!!!!!❤😊

[@FinkipGirl]

Babe wake up, a new episode elderfox documentary of Perseverance just dropped!

[@dustyruffie4735]

That's a good relationship right there.

[@FredPilcher]

Excellent commentary! Thanks! 🙂

[@TaylanEkinci]

Thanks ingenuity and Thank you, heroes who do science for humanity. We are grateful to you.

[@Oswaldfiveo]

What an awesome video! Just found you. Thank you!!!

[@bearing05]

Thank you for your service Ginny! We are proud of you!!

[@megadawg342]

The purple surface looks vitrified,...melted. It would take a pretty hot and fast blast to do that. I had tears in my eyes. Well done.

[@altonyoung3734]

Those propellers should've been unbreakable😡

[@Denzamusic]

Mars looks breathtaking, both visually and literally. Imagine all the atars during the night that can be seen there.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Why doesn’t Matt Damon just fix it with duct tape?

[@ElJasperino]

He can’t, he’s eating pootatoes.

[@h2o684]

​@@ElJasperinowith Ketchup

[@ElJasperino]

@@h2o684 as long as it lasts.

[@Ng7]

Thank you for another one cosmo-travel!

[@testfire3000]

It just seems like yesterday they detached Ingenuity from it's carry space under the rover. It was only designed to take five flights, yet it lasted three years on Mars and a lifetime in our hearts.

[@Angrybarberman]

No tears, someday, astronauts will find enginuity,and send it home for a museum.

[@anastasisparastatidis5479]

Mars looks so beautiful

[@dustyruffie4735]

That's because people haven't been there yet lol.

[@mattlm64]

It's both beautiful and slightly sad to see the dried out desolate landscapes once flowing with water.

[@cpmow831]

Did you see the Starbucks near where Ingenuity crashed?

[@anastasisparastatidis5479]

@@cpmow831 yes, right between the Domino's and the Dollar Store🤣

[@cpmow831]

@@anastasisparastatidis5479 I hear Walgreens is next

[@Reg_The_Galah]

Damn, I didn’t prepare myself for the feels. Rip little helicopter, it won’t be the same without…

[@DangerDave-e7u]

Ingenuity is the mother of invention.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

No! Zappa is……. 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@sphinxtheeminx]

I won't be the only one who shed a tear. Ingenuity RIP aka Rest in Pieces. Thank you for your service.

[@John-wg6xw]

IT is not a living thing. IT cannot hear you.

[@losenredosdecris3501]

Please! Please!! I need to see more videos of Mars, and see how things are going for Perseverance!! Thank you so much for this incredible serie!!💖

[@jamesmcclements4354]

That wee thing was, as that guy said "plucky" they should be proud of there selfs well done 🎉.

[@bryduhbikeguy]

It's a sad loss. The things we've never seen will remain so. Perhaps a future mission will repair it.That would be quite a ways down the list as more areas need exploring,and so many tests are already planned, and the equipment being built for them that something to change the prop isn't feasible.Thank You to the teams that built and ran Ingenuity !

[@squidwardmasterstudios1992]

R.I.P Ingenuity

[@brokendad2222]

Farewell to Ingenuity, the little helicopter that could.

[@TheLondonForever00]

Ingenuity, the little helicopter that could. See you when we can pick you up again. This isn't the end of you, we will bring you home... ❤

[@vebnew]

Sad, but thank you ingenuity!

[@danno3497]

RIP Ingenuity, an amazing American invention! Her offspring will also be amazing! Stay tuned!

[@King64]

Amazing….❤️

[@uthman83]

Imagine what humans could do if all countries come together, getting the best and brightest from around the world.

[@roybatty-]

Did you see the staff? They are from every corner of the world.

[@uthman83]

Yes I know but not to the full extent of what's possible.

[@midlandernc7403]

Course correction at low altitude. This is a shortsight of progrMing

[@00cocochanel000]

I really want to be alive when we inhabitate another planet

[@maxxdog]

Get Jesus and visit them all. John 3 16

[@yassal-yt]

Nice work you doing

[@haroldjones9321]

Sure are a lot of rocks that rained down on that planet. Some of them even made the trip to earth.

[@rhoanjenson7475]

I am going to miss that little guy.....

[@sidneysisk225]

Thanks. Exciting stuff and poetic anthro-po-morphizing (making human) of these "wonderful gadgets". I noticed in one close up : Plastic Cable Ties holding wiring tight together and to the machine. I always say cable ties are one of the great inventions of our age. Who invented them? I use them almost daily for all kinds of things,

[@irisessex90]

A helicopter on Mars incredible feat.

[@Jigger2361]

just as incredible is the fact some dork screwed up the flight after thousands of hours of practice

[@vast9467]

@@Jigger2361they literally lost contact and couldn’t control it??

[@RICO-BugkillerFPV]

As an FPV pilot, I feel their pain. I break props all the time. 🚁

[@shadanfaruqi]

rest in,peace ingenuity.....👑

[@sicpuppy9500]

Simply Incredible

[@Yezpahr]

10:45 The amount of stuck and destroyed pixels on that footage is staggering.

[@miguelvelazquez2058]

... ✌️👽 im saddened, but dont think is a good bye but the beggining of a lenghly rescue mission.

[@johnc7860]

Great video, thank you 😊 Of course, we leave our trash on another planet.

[@LizoMtsolo-qd7wn]

We can't lose perseverance, we've already lose ingenuity, who's gonna show us Mars images if we this Rover.

[@ens0246]

I love that they deemed the place where Ingenuity faultered to be Valinor Hills. No better resting place for one bound to that world for eternity.

[@Roger-vj3ox]

GRACIAS por las imagenes FANTÁSTICAS ❤❤❤❤😊😊.

[@tarstakars]

Not trying to be a buzz kill here but I was of the impression that the Eagle from Apollo 11 flew in controlled flight over the surface of the moon until Landing. That, I'm sure, was the first controlled flight over an extra terrestrial body.

[@firekiller2141]

I think they meant flight in atmosphere

[@escobasingracia962]

RIP little fella

[@HenrySousa-n2c]

......Excellent coverage 🛰& video📽... Artist, Old Naples Florida 🌴🎨

[@fatrambo73]

The purple surface of the rocks looks very like vitrification.

[@Vean-ql2yq]

This is where the money should go , Ingenuity has done far more than fifty manned missions. Other than earth orbit, manned missions are obsolete! Ingenuity and Perseverance type exploreations are the future.

[@ErikRojas-j7x]

R.I.P inequity you will be missed by all humans and will continue to fly in he sky’s

[@MattyH64]

Time for Ingenuity II!

[@NaturesExpressions]

❤❤❤ thank you.

[@queriesntheories3309]

AMAZING WORK GUYS 💗 🌍

[@christiesmith368]

And, furthermore, how is there "mud" when the water dried up "millions" of years ago, again according to NASA.

[@MaxTheRealmTC_3421]

Me waiting for that new episode of ElderFox Documentaries:

[@juliusfoster3443]

Is there any way to repair the blade or did you guys have an extra blade where the rover can put the blade on the helicopter?

[@ArtisannasitrA]

OMG! That is Trinitite / Atomsite / Alamogordo glass at 4:04 !!! Awesome!

[@juliusfoster3443]

Is there any way to repair the blade or did you guys have an extra blade where the rover can put the blade on the helicopter? I told you guys last year to take your time take your time. Is there anyway you guys can put another blade on or I hope you guys thought of this had a blade that was Snap in place

[@Wolf_Rayet]

Ty Ingenuity

[@johnryan2193]

If this is true and there is a rover on mars it is truly amazing what you have done.

[@zeproo]

Elderfox, many things happened lately, you have a lot of explaining to do :-)

[@Any-TNG]

I can't wait for ElderFox documenting on a real Human on the Martian Sol.

[@AustinBranson]

Ok so at end when moon was crossing ? Moon ? Why did the stars look like were in front big moon?

[@sidneydaugherty4895]

So a piece of metal is being blown along and just happens to need up next to the rover? Really!

[@ЮрийКарнаухов-ж4ю]

Затмение солнца Землёй - удивительно! ...Имеется ли карта полезных ископаемых на Марсе?

[@JimQuimy]

we're praying for you 🙏

[@steveclark5357]

@4:19 that reminds me of vitrification since you said it is only found on the surface of the rocks

[@queriesntheories3309]

Awe….ingenuity…can I call it a Saint? It gave us miracles that were unexpected and REAL

[@felisamcdonald6116]

Amazing!

[@rd0769]

Someday Some drone would try to find things on earth in similar way

[@ChingatuMadre-dl8hu]

El manejo de las imágenes es una muestra de que pueden haber sido modificadas o alteradas para hacernos creer algo que no existe en Marte, un planeta seco, estéril y sin rastro de nada que se asemeje a nuestro planeta, aún vivo a pesar de nuestras actividades tan devastadoras...

[@omaAar511]

R.I.P. ingenuity 😢. Thank you elder Fox for this great video!

[@veronicangatia4879]

❤❤❤❤l love Mars planet hope one day soon people will be going there Amen ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TheKalle45]

Before that peoples should clean up their mess on earth first 🙄

[@Paronak]

I wonder why no protection for the blades. I hope NASA can afford to send another aircraft to Mars now that we have nearly perfected drones

[@alesksander]

I think is engineering trade-off. 1. it adds weight. And 2 would really help to protect at many potential crashes. In mine opinion shroud is pointless. First u need to make landings robust enough so it can detect slope and abort landings onto more suitable area autonomously.

[@foersterjunior]

Mind you, it wasn't even sure if Ingenuity would ever work, let alone more than once. Instead it pulled an Oppy-move and superceeded it's designed life hundretfold. Longevity really wasn't a priority in design.

[@nicholashylton6857]

Ingenuity was a bare-bones technology test, having no scientific instruments and was slated for only 5 flights. It performed so flawlessly, NASA decided to keep using it for as long as possible and push it to its limits. Flight data gathered by the drone will be used in future missions, specifically designed for long duration flights in the skies of Mars.

[@rooxynala841]

Ingenuity......like the believer

[@Jigger2361]

what a lazy foul-up

[@nickmad887]

Thank you

[@LocalGhostFAN]

I've been following each journey of the Rover's and the ones that were there before I was even alive! It's just so fascinating. But knowing our favourite little helicopter is dead breaks my heart.. Rest in peace Ingenuity and fly higher than you could! ❤🕊️

[@SSA-de4py]

I'm surprised they didn't anticipate blades coming into contact with something and have protection around the blades perhaps on Ingenuity 2! We learn as we go

[@ΚυριακηΚαπιωτη]

ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΎΜΕ 😮😮😮😮❤

[@chrisrat2720]

Real cool Stuff .

[@lokeshmeenaindia]

Amazing maras

[@Rodrigo-nu3pb]

What a voyage!! This episode is the last one ?

[@cocoanutpomeranian7987]

Ingenuity - I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!

[@cpmow831]

I really hope that in my lifetime I live to see humans set foot on Mars.

[@johnallright6847]

Why no starry night shots???, so the guys that know the heavens can see what is going on???

[@dan9283]

Great CGI

[@GetPointLee]

毅力號變為 聰明號 才會有繼續看下去的動機😜

[@shaynechild2517]

For the dust problem on perseverance robot they could have had the drone fly over and hover directly over the unit and with the prop wash blow the dust off Perseverance in the process. Maybe?

[@drewmoo]

They probably had to kill off Ingenuity because he got a better offer on another show or must of had some drama going on with Perseverance behind the scenes.. bummer cuz they had such great chemistry on screen.

[@ggyggg2272]

Imagine in the future a history class will be talking about the first controlled flying object on another planet.