The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible.
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Flight 53 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 53 Expected Flight date: 07/22/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 666.34 feet (203.1 meters) Flight time: 136.82 seconds Flight...
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Help NASA Scientists Find Clouds on Mars
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By identifying clouds in data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the public can increase scientists’ understanding of the...
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Seeing NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Fly in 3D
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A new video of the helicopter’s third flight gives viewers the sensation of standing on the Red Planet and...
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Tricky Terrain: Helping to Assure a Safe Rover Landing
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How two new technologies will help Perseverance, NASA’s most sophisticated rover yet, touch down onto the surface of Mars...
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Flight 62 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 62 Expected flight date: 10/12/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 268 meters Flight time: 119.30 seconds Max altitude: 18 m...
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Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander’s Legs to the Test
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Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on...
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NASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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The helicopter is scheduled to lift off close to the end of the day on April 11. Read More
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Flight 41 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight: 41 Flight date: No earlier than 01/25/2023 Horizontal flight distance (nominal, w/ max divert): 587 feet...
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