NASA’s Mars helicopter continues to attract attention with its Ingenuity helicopter, which has been performing its duty on the red planet since April 2021. In its latest statement, the space agency stated that the Ingenuity helicopter broke a new record on the surface of Mars. Here are the details!
The Ingenuity helicopter reached a speed of 22.4 miles per second!
NASA sent to the red planet ingenuity The helicopter achieved many successes. The helicopter, which has been on duty since April 2021, broke a new speed record according to the latest news. Drone-like helicopter sets record on planet flight 62 performed during.
However, during flight, Ingenuity Up to 10 meters (22.4 mph) reached. The helicopter, which had previously made two flights at the end of last month, broke the speed record of 8 m/s (17.9 mph). Now he has broken record after record.
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The event is a significant achievement for the NASA team overseeing the Mars mission, which includes the Perseverance rover. Ingenuity first landed on Mars in April 2021, becoming the first aircraft to perform powered and controlled flight on another planet. However, at the end of this flight, only the main one remained in the air.
Since that time 4 pound 19 inch tall helicopter, 2,325 feet (708.9 meters) He managed to cover such a distance in a single flight. Ingenuity’s total flight time on 62 flights 9 miles distance It covers. The time gained from these flights is 113 minutes.
The main purpose of the current mission is to search for evidence of ancient life. It plans to do this with the help of Ingenuity. On the other hand, it will bring the data collected from the planet to Earth for analysis. Thus, scientists will obtain more detailed information about ancient life. Ingenuity is also collecting information about conditions on the planet to help NASA better prepare for its first human mission to Mars, which it plans to launch in 2030.
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