We need to add a new achievement to the team in charge of overseeing the operation of the flying device.
Humans can observe Mars from Earth, although in order to try to colonize the red planet, we first need to know what it has in store for us. This is why NASA has a variety of personnel deployed in its orbit and on the surface, including Inventive helicopter. Now we will tell you speed record which was established on this occasion.
Ingenuity flies over Mars at top speed
Thanks to a publication by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, we were able to learn about a new milestone in the history of the drone used by NASA to explore the red planet.
In this case, Ingenuity managed to get off the surface of Mars and fly over during inhospitable places 121 seconds and it did so at a record speed of 10 meters per second, which would correspond to approx 35 kilometers per hour.
The need for… speed. 🚁💨
The #MarsHelicopter recently completed Flight 62, setting a new land speed record by flying at about 22 mph (10 m/s) for 121 seconds. Check out the latest flight statistics: https://t.co/7DMHj9LkNX pic.twitter.com/nZYUENtRec
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) October 18, 2023
More than two years have passed since then Inventive helicopter started its operations on Mars and has been doing so ever since 62 yearshe’s counting on this latest adventure in which he’s set a personal best.
By the way, as you can see in the publication of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which we leave you below these lines, the drone of the North American space agency is more than prepared face the flight number 63, which would have a duration of approximately 137 seconds. The distance to be covered will not exceed 600 meters in length, leaving about 12 meters in height. Of course in this case the assumed speed is 22 kilometers per hour.
The #MarsHelicopter heading for Flight 63 on October 19th at the earliest. It is expected to fly about 1,883 feet (573.93 m) for 137 seconds to relocate to the new airport. https://t.co/tVEqEqAZSP pic.twitter.com/WBxDrYquSh
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) October 18, 2023
This NASA drone is undoubtedly one of the best examples of the ability of human beings to reach new horizons, even on other planets. We look forward to the next adventure Ingenuitya helicopter that has a weight 1.8 kilogramsweighing only 680 grams on the red planet, and which has a battery powered by solar panels that make this possible advance by 90 seconds for each Martian day, similar to an Earth day.
Ingenuity and the Perseverance vehicle have as main mission seeker traces of life on Marsalthough exploring its craters, valleys and hills reveal unexpected surprises and offer us relevant information for subsequent missions, both from NASA and other space organizations.
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