The device was delivered to the Red Planet with NASA’s Perseverance rover on February 18, 2021.
On Monday, September 25, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity took to the Martian sky for the 60th time and broke its own record. This was reported by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
It was noted that the device broke the ground speed record, reaching eight meters per second. The previous record was 6.5 m/s.
In total, Ingenuity was on the air for 133 seconds. During this time, he covered a distance of 340 meters, moving at a height of 16 meters.
The main purpose of the anniversary flight was to move Ingenuity to a new position and survey the surrounding area to find scientific targets for the Perseverance rover.
60 flights – and another new record!
Completing Ingenuity was Flight 60, which broke the groundspeed record by hitting ~17.9 mph (8 m/s). The powerful #MarsHelicopter covered 1,116 ft (340 m) in 133 seconds at a height of 53 ft (16 m). https://t.co/7DMHj9LkNX pic.twitter.com/f3LqrRtqRE
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) September 26, 2023
It was previously reported that the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft flying close to Earth will drop a capsule with soil samples collected on the asteroid Bennu onto its surface.
Source: korrespondent
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