1 min read

Flight 59 Preview – By the Numbers

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
Mars Helicopter Sol 910 - Color Camera: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon. This image was acquired on Sept. 11, 2023 (Sol 910 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 11:18:57. This was the date of Ingenuity's 58th flight.
NASA/JPL-Caltech.
  • Flight 59
  • Expected flight date: 09/16/2023
  • Horizontal flight distance: N/A (pop-up flight)
  • Expected flight time: 142.94 seconds
  • Max altitude: 20 meters
  • Heading: N/A
  • Max flight speed: N/A
  • Goal of flight: Pop-up flight
  • Airfield: Sigma

Written by NASA/JPL