The screenshot taken from NASA’s web site on Aug. 16, 2023 exhibits the picture of a Mars helicopter. (Xinhua)
The helicopter has accomplished 100.2 flying minutes on Mars, protecting 12.9 kilometers, and reaching altitudes as excessive as 18 meters, in keeping with NASA.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — NASA’s Mars helicopter has accomplished 56 flights on the Purple Planet, the company mentioned on Thursday.
The helicopter had its 56th flight on Aug. 25, wherein it reached an altitude of 12 meters and traveled 410 meters for 141 seconds, in keeping with NASA.
The helicopter, named Ingenuity, arrived at Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, connected to the stomach of NASA’s Perseverance rover. The helicopter is a expertise demonstration to check powered flight on one other planet for the primary time.
The helicopter was designed to fly for as much as 90 seconds, to distances of virtually 300 meters at a time and about 3 to 4.5 meters from the bottom, in keeping with NASA.
Up to now, it has accomplished 100.2 flying minutes on Mars, protecting 12.9 kilometers, and reaching altitudes as excessive as 18 meters, in keeping with NASA. ■
