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Flight 38 Preview – By the Numbers

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
Mars Helicopter Sol 642 - Color Camera: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon. This image was acquired on Dec. 10, 2022 (Sol 642 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:31:59. This was the date of Ingenuity's 36th flight.
NASA/JPL-Caltech.
  • Flight number: 38
  • Date of flight: NET Dec. 24
  • Flight duration: 68 seconds
  • Horizontal flight distance: 344 feet (105 meters)
  • Flight speed (horizontal): 8 mph (3.5 mps)
  • Max flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
  • Flight goal: Reposition helicopter

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