Flight 72 Preview – By the Numbers
Mars Helicopter Sol 1009 – 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 Dec. 22, 2023 (Sol 1009 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 10:15:29. This was the date of Ingenuity’s 70th flight.
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- Flight 72
- Expected flight date: 01/18/2024
- Horizontal flight distance: 0 meters
- Expected flight time: 32.08 seconds
- Flight altitude: 12 meters
- Heading: NA
- Max flight speed: 0 m/s
- Goal of flight: Pop-up Flight – Localization
- Airfield: Same
Written by NASA/JPL
