Of all the little space robots scattered around the cosmos right now, Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars helicopter, is probably my favorite. He has far surpassed his original mission goals and now roams like an alien mosquito through the red sands of Mars, enjoying the thrill of flying into another world.
On Saturday, NASA released the latest Ingenuity video, which will allow you to experience these emotions for yourself.
During the 25th flight of the Ingenuity, on April 18, the little helicopter that could surely do it. The autonomous flight covered a distance of 2,310 feet (about 6.5 football fields) at a rate of 12 miles per hour. It was a record, it became the fastest and longest flight to date (although, according to the good performance on Mars, we hope that this record will also be broken (without hexadecimal)) and everything went record with the helicopter down. camera.
You can watch the video below:
“For our record flight, the ingenuity downhill navigation camera gave us an impressive sense of what it would feel like to glide 33 feet above the surface of Mars at 12 miles per hour,” said Teddy Tzanetos, who directs The Ingenuity team. of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Ginny, as she is affectionately known, recently experienced a brief period of silence after entering a low-power state, almost ready to fly again. His next flight will be the 29th. Not bad for a helicopter that only had to make five flights in 30 days. Maybe next time he’ll even find a secret door.