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Flight 61 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 924 - 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 Sept. 26, 2023 (Sol 924 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 11:07:34. This was the date of Ingenuity's 60th flight.
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  • Flight 61
  • Expected flight date: 09/29/2023
  • Horizontal flight distance: N/A
  • Flight time: 129.69 seconds
  • Max altitude: 24 meters
  • Heading: N/A
  • Max flight speed: N/A
  • Goal of flight: Pop-up flight
  • Airfield: Tau

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