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AeitschTi — Mars Helicopter Ingenuity (Sol 894)

Published: 2023-08-31 17:38:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1057; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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Description Ingenuity completed Flight 56 on August 25, 2023.

The helicopter flew at a maximum speed of 5.30 meters per second, covered a distance of 410 meters and stayed aloft for 140.9 seconds.

The maximum flight altitude was 12 meters.

The time lapse movie is based on 10 frames taken by the navigation camera over a period of 20 seconds.

It shows the landing of the helicopter. Ingenuity's shadow on the surface of Mars is clearly visible.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Henning Tritschler
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