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Flight 37 Preview – By the Numbers

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.

Mars Helicopter Sol 642 - Navigation Camera: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight. This image was acquired on Dec. 10, 2022 (Sol 642 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:31:22. This was the date of Ingenuity's 36th flight.

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Flight number: 37
Date of flight: NET Dec. 17
Flight duration: 49 seconds
Horizontal flight distance: 180 feet (55 meters)
Flight speed (horizontal): 6.7 mph (3 mps)
Max flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
Flight goal: Reposition helicopter and test new flight software capabilities.

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