Preview of Flight 53
Mars Helicopter Sol 776 - Navigation Camera: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight. This image was acquired on April 27, 2023 (Sol 776 of the Perseverance rover mission). This was the date of Ingenuity's 52nd flight.
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- Flight 53
- Expected Flight date: 07/22/2023
- Horizontal flight distance: 666.34 feet (203.1 meters)
- Flight time: 136.82 seconds
- Flight altitude: 32 feet (10 meters)
- Heading: North
- Max Flight speed: 5.6 mph (2.5 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: 1) Scouting flight
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