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After more than two years on the red planet, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity has broken two new records, NASA said.
The helicopter on Sunday flew 14.5 miles per hour, beating its previous record of 13.4 miles per hour, and hit an altitude of 52.5 feet, outperforming its previous top height of 46 feet. The data from Ingenuity, which has flown 49 flights and been on Mars since February 2021, was shared online by NASA in a flight log.
Ingenuity was brought to Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover. In the past two years, the helicopter has performed a series of tests and is currently conducting an operations demonstration phase that NASA says "looks to explore how future rovers and aerial explorers can work together."
Ingenuity has set records in the past: In April 2021, it became the first powered, controlled flight in Mars' extremely thin atmosphere, NASA said. In a video released Tuesday, Ingenuity Team Lead Teddy Tzanetos spoke from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and said that the records that Ingenuity had set were allowing developers to advance future helicopter design.
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The helicopter on Sunday flew 14.5 miles per hour, beating its previous record of 13.4 miles per hour, and hit an altitude of 52.5 feet, outperforming its previous top height of 46 feet. The data from Ingenuity, which has flown 49 flights and been on Mars since February 2021, was shared online by NASA in a flight log.
Ingenuity was brought to Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover. In the past two years, the helicopter has performed a series of tests and is currently conducting an operations demonstration phase that NASA says "looks to explore how future rovers and aerial explorers can work together."
Ingenuity has set records in the past: In April 2021, it became the first powered, controlled flight in Mars' extremely thin atmosphere, NASA said. In a video released Tuesday, Ingenuity Team Lead Teddy Tzanetos spoke from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and said that the records that Ingenuity had set were allowing developers to advance future helicopter design.
Mars Ingenuity helicopter breaks record for speed and altitude, NASA says
After becoming the first machine to fly in Mars' thin atmosphere, Ingenuity continues to set records on the red planet.
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