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Flight 58 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 902 - 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 Sept. 3, 2023 (Sol 902 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 13:07:24. This was the date of Ingenuity's 57th flight.
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  • Flight 58
  • Expected flight date: 09/11/2023
  • Horizontal flight distance: 171.38 meters
  • Flight time: 129.8 seconds
  • Flight altitude: 10 meters
  • Heading: NW
  • Max Flight speed: 2 meters per second
  • Goal of flight: 1) Reposition of the helicopter 2) Imaging science targets

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