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Flight 44 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 708 - 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 Feb. 16, 2023 (Sol 708 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:05:40. This was the date of Ingenuity's 43rd flight.
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  • 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

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