Ingenuity at 'Airfield J': Ingenuity sits on a slightly inclined surface with about 6-degree tilt at the center of the frame, just north of the southern ridge of “Séíitah” geologic unit. The Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument took this image on Dec. 1, 2021, when the rotorcraft was about 970 feet (295 meters) away.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS.
- Flight: 40
- Flight date: No earlier than 01/19/2023
- Horizontal flight distance: 561 feet (171 meters)
- Flight time: 85.21 seconds
- Flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
- Heading: North West
- Flight speed: 7.2 mph (3.2 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter
Written by NASA/JPL
