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January 13th, 2023
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter continues to chalk up new stats at Jezero Crater, flying above the Red Planet on its 39th flight hop.
On this trek the micro-device flew on January 11, 2023, reaching 33 feet (10 meters) in altitude and flying roughly 456 ft (139 meters) northeast. Overall, the flight lasted around 79 seconds, returning to its takeoff spot.
The goal of the flight was to test new software.
The aerial device acquired images using its navigation camera mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight. Images were acquired on Jan. 11, 2023, the date of Ingenuity’s 39th flight.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Meanwhile, the Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z camera imaged Ingenuity at the Flight 38 landing zone, sitting silently on the side of a sand ripple.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech /ASU
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