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Flight 54 Preview – By the Numbers

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
Mars Helicopter Sol 852 - Color Camera: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon. This image was acquired on July 14, 2023 (Sol 852 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 10:06:02.
NASA/JPL-Caltech.
  • Flight 54
  • Expected Flight date: 08/03/2023
  • Horizontal flight distance: 0 (pop-up flight)
  • Flight time: 24.62 seconds
  • Flight altitude: 16 feet (5 meters)
  • Heading: NA (hovering)
  • Max Flight speed: 0
  • Goal of flight: 1) Heli localization

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