Creativity flies again as the Perseverance Rover embarks on a quest for life on Mars

After weeks of earthlings Flattery on Venus And the persistent explorer emerged from the cover for The scientific mission beginsOne can imagine that the Mars helicopter was slightly distracted by the spotlights he’s moved. But on TuesdayThis morning, NASA announced that the helicopter has completed its mission The eighth flight, puts helicopters back into the mix of space exploration conversations.

Creativity flies for 77.4 seconds, Travel approximately 525 feet to the new landing site 438 feet from determination Rover, NASA announced in a tweet. (this day SOL, like a dog on a leash, creativity must go hand in hand with perseverance like a plow The main mission begins, searching for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater.) These figures are comparable to previous flights: FThe eighth light was slightly longer in distance and duration than the seventh flight, but slightly more than the amount achieved on the sixth flight. That’s because the record-breaking flight was part of Ingenuity’s early exploration system, when helicopters didn’t play a secondary role in the rover.

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The first four Mars flights stalled at Wright Brothers Field, where the helicopter was initially lowered by Perseverance and secured its wings. With free time before surviving scheduled for Get started Among its scientific goals, creativity enters the stage of scouting Mars, an improvement from its initial role as an abstract Technology demonstration.

The last helicopter The flight staggered about two weeks apart, Departure from His previously packed schedule, he ran four flights at 11 o’clock. day.