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NASA’s Mars helicopter has performed its 22^nd flight over last weekend.

The trip lasted 101.4 seconds and Ingenuity got up to 33 feet (10 meters) in the air.

Word from the JPL team is that another flight could take place perhaps as early as later this week.

The rotorcraft is on its way to setting more records during its second year of operations. NASA has extended Ingenuity’s flight operations through September as it continues with scouting efforts for the NASA Perseverance rover.

Meanwhile, the first flight 22 photos have been posted, taken by the craft’s Navigation Camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.

These images were acquired on March 20, 2022 (Sol 384 of the Perseverance rover mission):

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech