The Ingenuity helicopter, which is located on Mars, has already completed its 18th flight during its mission, which began ten months ago. On his last flight, he flew a record 230 meters over Mars.
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“During a successful flight, the helicopter covered 230 m, moving at a speed of 2.5 m / s towards the northern border of the area called Seitah. It was airborne for 124.3 seconds,” the message says.
According to NASA, Ingenuity has so far flown over 3.8 km in total, climbing to an altitude of 12 m and accelerating to 5 m / s, spending almost 33 minutes in the air.
The Ingenuity mission aims to help build the next Martian helicopter. It will be larger and equipped with six screws. It is assumed that the mass of the apparatus will be approximately 30 kg.
The development of Ingenuity, which weighs 1.8 kg, cost 80 million dollars. On Mars, he first took off on April 19.
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