Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Artwork of Ingenuity Mars helicopter.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter that’s overflying Jezero Crater on behalf of the space agency’s Perseverance rover produced several color images during its 41^st flight on January 27^th.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The mini-chopper acquired these images using its high-resolution color camera, mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.

The final stats of Flight 41, as posted by JPL:

Horizontal distance: roughly 600 feet (183 meters);

Maximum altitude: roughly 33 feet (10 meters);

Maximum ground speed: roughly 6.7 miles per hour (3 meters per second);

Duration of flight: 109.1 seconds.