- Flight: 40
- Flight date: No earlier than 01/19/2023
- Horizontal flight distance: 561 feet (171 meters)
- Flight time: 85.21 seconds
- Flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
- Heading: North West
- Flight speed: 7.2 mph (3.2 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter
Mars Helicopter
STATUS UPDATES |
January 17, 2023
Flight 40 Preview – By the Numbers
Ingenuity at 'Airfield J': Ingenuity sits on a slightly inclined surface with about 6-degree tilt at the center of the frame, just north of the southern ridge of “Séíitah” geologic unit. The Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument took this image on Dec. 1, 2021, when the rotorcraft was about 970 feet (295 meters) away.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS.
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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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