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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

It is now official.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made its 62^nd flight on October 12, 2023.

As posted by NASA/JPL:

Horizontal distance: roughly 880 feet (268 meters); Maximum altitude: roughly 59 feet (18 meters): soaring for 121.1 seconds.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Several black and white images collected during the flight include those taken by the navigation camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.

The aerial craft also acquired color imagery using its high-resolution color camera carried in Ingenuity’s fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.

According to the official NASA/JPL flight log the craft has, over the 62 flights, now accumulated roughly 112.9 minutes of flight time; has flown over 9 miles (roughly 13,913 kilometers); and reached the highest altitude of roughly 79 feet (24 meters).