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Ingenuity Mars helicopter soars on 32nd flight
Space.com ^ | September 20, 2022 | Mike Wall

Posted on 09/23/2022 11:01:56 AM PDT by Ezekiel

ASA's Ingenuity helicopter has flown again, taking to the Martian skies for the second time in as many weeks.

Ingenuity traveled about 308 feet (94 meters) on Sunday (Sept. 18), staying aloft for more than 55 seconds and reaching a maximum speed of 10.6 mph (17.1 kph), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory(opens in new tab) (JPL) in Southern California, which manages the Mars helicopter's mission.

Sunday's flight was the 32nd for Ingenuity overall and its second this month; the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) rotorcraft also lifted off on Sept. 6.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: ingenuity; mars; mars2020; perseverance
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To: Flick Lives

I looked in the past. I could not find them.


21 posted on 09/23/2022 4:39:31 PM PDT by Revel
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To: TChad

Good to see something, but in this day and age they need to be in color. This is not 1969.


22 posted on 09/23/2022 4:40:08 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

“...they need to be in color...”
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That might be in color.
Ain’t a whole lot of ‘color’ on Mars.


23 posted on 09/23/2022 4:45:28 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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