Ingenuity Helicopter completed 9th flight on Mars for 625 meters distance

Ingenuity Helicopter completed 9th flight!!!

Ingenuity just completed its 9th, yes that's right, 9th Martian flight for a total of 625 meters distance, or 2050.52 feet!

Here is the information given to iGadgetPro by NASA:

"On July 5, 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter made 625 meters 9th flight on Mars and Perseverance Rover transmitted latest images from Ingenuity’s onboard camera. Ingenuity traveled ~2,041 ft (625 meters), fly time was ~167 seconds and took color images of the trip from onboard 13-MP camera. Speed was ~5 m/s. Mars Drone has received 2nd software update on Red PlanetNow Ingenuity ready to go ahead Perseverance Rover and send images of those areas where rovers is driving. Now Ingenuity and Perseverance work together to explore Mars for water presence in the past."

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Once again, what your seeing on the flight is from Ingenuity's navigation camera, so all you see is its shadow over the Martian surface... This 9th flight is seemingly the longest that I can recall..., and it seems to be tracking "Percy" as it moves around Jezero Crater...

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Enjoy!
Kerry
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