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Shadow cast by Ingenuity on the ground of Mars during its 59th flight – NASA/JPL
MADRID, 20 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has broken its altitude record in flight over the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater, reaching 20 meters above the groundtwo more than the previous brand.
This was the purpose of the 59th flight of this aircraft, the first under controlled flight on another world, which It was deployed to Mars in February 2021 alongside the Perseverance rover.
The flight took place on September 16, It lasted 142 seconds and was exclusively vertical. She took off and landed in the same place at the so-called Sigma landing field, NASA reports.
The aircraft, which contributes with its images to plan Perseverance’s surface exploration, It totals 13.3 kilometers traveled during 106.5 minutes of flight in the tenuous atmosphere of Mars.
Ingenuity is half a meter tall and weighs 1.8 kilos. It has six lithium-ion batteries that are charged with solar energy. Its four carbon fiber blades are arranged in two rotors that rotate in opposite directions at around 2,400 rpm, much faster than a helicopter on Earth.
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