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November 4th, 2023
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Mars helicopter at Jezero Crater has powered up making flight #65, doing so on November 2.
According to a NASA/JPL-Caltech posting, the Ingenuity aerial vehicle flew a horizontal distance of roughly 23 feet (7 meters); reached a maximum altitude of some 33 feet (10 meters) and flew for 48.0 seconds.
Samples of imagery taken by the mini-chopper’s navigation camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight include:
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Newly released Mars helicopter high-resolution color camera image, taken by camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon. Image acquired on Nov. 3, 2023. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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