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As newly posted by NASA/JPL, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter at Jezero Crater flew Flight #63 on October 19^th.

The craft covered a horizontal distance of roughly 1,901 feet (579 meters); reached an altitude of approximately 39 feet (12 meters); taking to the thin martian air for 142.6 seconds.

The official flight Log now shows 63 flights of Ingenuity.

Flight time accumulated for the device since April 19, 2021 (1st flight) and now over the 63 take off/landings is roughly 115.3 minutes; total distance flown is 9 miles (roughly 14,492 kilometers); and the highest altitude attained to date is 78.7 feet (24 meters).

Flight #63 imagery as posted:

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech