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Mars Helicopter Sol 881 - 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 Aug. 12, 2023 (Sol 881 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 13:07:41. This was the date of Ingenuity's 55th flight.
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- Flight 56
- Expected Flight date: 08/25/2023
- Horizontal flight distance: 418 meters
- Flight time: 136 seconds
- Flight altitude: 12 meters
- Heading: NW
- Max Flight speed: 5.3 meters per second
- Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter
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Apr 26, 2024
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