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

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at Jezero Crater acquired new imagery during its 42^nd flight on February 5 using its navigation camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.

Distance flown by the mini-chopper to date: roughly 27,688 feet (8,439 meters), chalking up roughly 70 minutes of total flight time to date.

Flight 42 saw the craft fly for 137.2 seconds, reaching an altitude of roughly 33 feet (10 meters), covering a distance of approximately 814 feet (248 meters), according to JPL stats.

Flight image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Flight image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Flight image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech