Flight 34 Preview – By the Numbers

Mars Helicopter

STATUS UPDATES | November 09, 2022

Flight 34 Preview – By the Numbers
Written by NASA/JPL

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Mastcam-Z Gives Ingenuity a Close-up: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU. Download image ›

Flight number: 34
Date of flight: NET Nov. 10
Flight duration: 18.6 seconds
Horizontal flight distance: 0 feet (0 meters)
Flight speed (horizontal): 0.0 fps (0.0 mps)
Flight altitude: 16 feet (5 meters)
Flight goal: test flight – hover only

About This Blog

These blog updates are provided by the Mars Helicopter team. The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration to test the first powered flight on Mars.

Dates of planned test activities are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays, helicopter and/or rover status.

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