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Apr 30, 2021 · Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight today, and we couldn’t be happier. The helicopter took off at 10:49 a.m. EDT (7:49 a.m. PDT, or 12:33 local Mars time), climbing to an altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) before flying south approximately 436 feet (133 meters) and then back, for an 872-foot (266-meter) round trip.
April 30, 2021. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed a fourth, more challenging flight on the Red Planet on April 30, 2021. Flight Test No. 4 aimed for a longer flight time, longer distance, and more image capturing to begin to demonstrate its ability to serve as a scout on Mars.
May 7, 2021 · NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hears Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight. Watch on. On April 30, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover made history as the first spacecraft to record sounds from another spacecraft on another planet. During Ingenuity’s fourth flight, a microphone included with the SuperCam instrument aboard Perseverance captured the ...
Story by Leonard David. • 2h • 5 min read. NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter notched many milestones during its 72 Red Planet flights. As a technology demonstrator, Ingenuity was tasked with...
Feb 23, 2024 · Ingenuity arrived at Mars on February 18, 2021, tucked beneath the Perseverance Rover, landing at a site just north of the Martian equator in an area of geological diversity that had intrigued scientists for decades. Ingenuity is about 19 inches high.
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Jul 20, 2022 · July 20, 2022. Season 4 - Episode 7: Flying with Ingenuity: The Mars Helicopter. On A Mission. Bob Balaram and Teddy Tzanetos share stories of how the Mars helicopter came to be, and transport us on Ingenuity’s flights through dusty Martian skies. TRANSCRIPT. (music)
