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Flight 42 Preview – By the Numbers

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.
Mars Helicopter Sol 689 - 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 Jan. 27, 2023 (Sol 689 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:02:45. This was the date of Ingenuity's 41st flight.
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  • Flight: 42
  • Flight date: No earlier than 02/04/2023
  • Horizontal flight distance: 823 feet (251 meters)
  • Flight time: 137.43 seconds
  • Flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
  • Heading: Northwest
  • Flight speed: 6.7 mph (3 meters per second)
  • Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter

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