The small device will resume flights in August.
Winter has come on Mars, which is accompanied by an increase in the number dust in the atmosphere and less sunlight reaching the surface of the planet. The solar panels of the Martian helicopter Ingenuity also receive less light.
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It is expected that the amount of dust will decrease by the end of July, so the mission team decided to give the helicopter time to rest and suspend flights, according to the NASA website. Weather permitting, Ingenuity will take off again in early August.
The few weeks of downtime the little rover has had will allow it to recharge its batteries and continue flying around the Red Planet.
Previously The Perseverance rover took a selfie on the Red Planet with the help of its robotic arm, which also included Ingenuity. At the time of the picture, the rover was at a distance of four meters from the helicopter.
