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AeitschTi — Mars helikopter Ingenuity (Sol 673)
Published: 2023-01-12 11:23:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 216; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 0
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Description
Ingenuity successfully completed its 39th flight on Mars.Ingenuity flew to the northeast and imaged (at the beginning of the GIF) a section of the "bacon strip" to test the new flight software before returning to the mega-ripples where its flight began.
The last frames used for this GIF show the helicopter just before landing - again in the area of the mega-ripples.
Ripples are wave patterns in the sand, so-called "sand ripples" (the English word "ripple" means something like "small wave").
The GIF is based on a total of 13 frames (6 frames for the first part of the GIF and 7 frames for the second part of the GIF) taken by the navigation camera on January 11, 2023 (Sol 673 of the Perseverance mission) in a period of 3 seconds as well as 11 seconds.
As of January 12, 2023, the flight log (see: mars.nasa.gov/technology/helic… ) has not yet been updated, but Ingenuity was expected to reach 33 ft (10 meters) and fly about 456 ft (139 meters) northeast for approximately 75 seconds (see: twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/161… ).
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Henning Tritschler
