First glimpse of Nasa's new Mars- copters in action

How Nasa's new Mars helicopters will work in action has been revealed for the first time.

Nasa's SkyFall aircrafts are due to launch in late 2028, but thanks to an artist's impression we are getting a first look of how they could work.

The design shows the three helicopters flying over the surface of Mars and collecting data by scanning the ground below.

The SkyFall aircrafts replace the famous Ingenuity helicopter which was the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

Nasa has released an artist's design of three SkyFall Mars helicopters collecting data while flying over the surface of the red planet.

The atmosphere on Mars is very thin. That means helicopters there won't have much air to "bite" into, so their rotors have spin much faster than on Earth.

According to Nasa the red and green waves are coming from the helicopters' antennae and are scanning the planet's surface, collecting different kinds of data.

One of the missions of the aircrafts is to search for water which is where the radar comes in.

"The only way to detect shallow subsurface ice remotely is to fly close to the ground," said Adrian Tang, a lead scientist at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

SkyFall is set to launch aboard NASA's Space Reactor-1 Freedom spacecraft in late 2028.

The three SkyFall aircraft will be released mid-air so they can fly themselves safely to the surface for the first time.

They will also be capable of measuring air temperature, wind speed, and direction.

Skyfall replaces the history-making Ingenuity which flew for the last time in January 2024 after it damaged its rotor.

Ingenuity was an unexpected success: It was meant to be on a short tech demonstration to prove flight was possible on Mars.

Instead it ended up working for almost three years, performing 72 flights and flying 14 times further than originally planned.