- Flight: 42
- Flight date: No earlier than 02/04/2023
- Horizontal flight distance: 823 feet (251 meters)
- Flight time: 137.43 seconds
- Flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
- Heading: Northwest
- Flight speed: 6.7 mph (3 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter
Mars Helicopter
STATUS UPDATES |
February 02, 2023
Flight 42 Preview – By the Numbers
Mars Helicopter Sol 689 - 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 Jan. 27, 2023 (Sol 689 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:02:45. This was the date of Ingenuity's 41st flight.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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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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