
Mars helicopter takes it to the limit with more groundbreaking flights
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The Mars Ingenuity helicopter successfully flew eight times on Mars as of June 21, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. And it even got a software update to fix an issue that impacted some of its previous outings.
The 4-pound helicopter has successfully flown eight times on Mars as of June 21, according to an update from Teddy Tzanetos, the helicopter operations lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. On its latest outing, Ingenuity flew 525 feet (160 meters) to the south and southeast to a new airfield. This was the copter's third flight of the operations demo phase, in which Ingenuity is proving its usefulness as an aerial scout without interfering with the Perseverance rover's science mission -- searching for evidence of ancient life on Mars.More Related News













