Ingenuity has completed its 35th flight to the Red Planet. The aircraft reached an altitude of 14m and was in the Martian atmosphere for 52 seconds.
The Ingenuity helicopter completed its 35th flight to Mars this past weekend. This flight marks a new altitude record in its history: the aircraft reached a maximum altitude of 14 metres, surpassing the 12-metre threshold reached in previous flights🇧🇷
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On Twitter, the NASA posted a short animation showing Ingenuity’s shadow projected onto the Martian soil, celebrating the 35th successful flight:
An all-time high for the #HelicopterMars🇧🇷
Ingenuity completed Flight 35 over the weekend and set a new maximum altitude record, reaching 46 feet (14 meters) above the Martian surface. See more stats in the flight log: https://t.co/7DMHj9LkNX pic.twitter.com/qAj5H9Z68C
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) December 6, 2022
During the flight, Ingenuity traveled horizontally about 15 meters and remained in the
for 52 seconds. Now, the helicopter has already traveled more than 7 km to Mars, sustaining itself in the planet’s air for a total of 59.9 minutes.
This weekend’s flight is the second made by Ingenuity after one received a major software update. The procedure took a few weeks to complete, but was necessary, as it gave the aircraft the resources to avoid landing obstacles and use digital elevation maps, which aid in navigation.
Ingenuity is a technological demonstration that arrived on Mars in early 2021, attached to the “belly” of the Perseverance rover. After being deployed to the Red Planet, it began a campaign that included just five flights, planned to test the first powered and controlled flights in another world’s atmosphere. Today, Ingenuity operates its own extended missionexceeding all of NASA’s initial expectations.
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