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October 27th, 2023
Artwork depicts Ingenuity Mars helicopter in flight.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is on tap to make flight #64, with an expected flight date of today, October 27.
According to a NASA/JPL-Caltech posting the expected horizontal flight distance will be 1,339 feet (408.435 meters). The mini-chopper is anticipated to fly 124.5 seconds, rising to a flight altitude of 39 feet (12 meters) above the Martian landscape at Jezero Crater.
The goal of the flight that will be on a heading North is to reposition the aerial device for future survey work.
Meanwhile, color imagery has been posted showing Ingenuity’s last flight, #63 that was carried out on October 19:
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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