The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted ...
Instead, the source was a bit closer to home - Nasa itself. The debris is part of the parachute and backshell used to safely land the Ingenuity Marshelicopter onto the planet in February 2021.
This May 22, 2021 photo made available by NASA shows the surface of Mars from a height of 33 feet (10 meters), captured by the Ingenuity Marshelicopter during its sixth flight.