Preview of Flight 49
Mars Helicopter Sol 752 - 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 2, 2023 (Sol 752 of the Perseverance rover mission).
NASA/JPL-Caltech.
- Flight: 50
- Expected Flight date: 04/05/2023
- Horizontal distance: 1,005.3 feet (306.4 meters)
- Flight time: 138.58 seconds
- Max Altitude: 40 feet (12 meters) during flight – with 59 feet (18 meter) pop-up at the end
- Heading: Northwest
- Flight speed: 10.3 mph (4.6 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter
Written by NASA/JPL
