- Flight: 44
- Flight date: No earlier than Feb. 19
- Horizontal flight distance: 1066 feet (325 meters)
- Flight time: 440 feet (134 meters)
- Flight altitude: 40 feet (12 meters)
- Heading: Northwest
- Flight speed: 7.8 mph (3.5 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Reposition helicopter
Mars Helicopter
STATUS UPDATES |
February 17, 2023
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These blog updates were provided by the Mars Helicopter team. The Mars Helicopter was a technology demonstration to test the first powered flight on Mars.
Dates of planned test activities sometimes changed due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays, helicopter and/or rover status.
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