Flight 51 Preview – By the Numbers

Mars Helicopter

STATUS UPDATES | April 17, 2023

Flight 51 Preview – By the Numbers
Written by NASA/JPL

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 763 - 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 April 13, 2023 (Sol 763 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 15:07:40. This was the date of Ingenuity's 50th flight. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Download image ›

Flight 51
Expected Flight date: 4/18/2023
Horizontal flight distance: 592.6 feet (180.623 meters)
Flight time: 130.32 seconds
Flight altitude: 40 feet (12 meters)
Heading: West
Max Flight speed: 9 mph (4 meters per second)
Goal of flight: 1) Reposition of the helicopter, 2) imaging targets

About This Blog

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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