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Flight 50 Preview – By the Numbers

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.

Mars Helicopter Sol 752 - Navigation Camera: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight. This image was acquired on April 2, 2023 (Sol 752 of the Perseverance rover mission).

NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Flight: 50
Expected Flight date: 04/05/2023
Horizontal distance: 1,005.3 feet (306.4 meters)
Flight time: 138.58 seconds
Max Altitude: 40 feet (12 meters) during flight – with 59 feet (18 meter) pop-up at the end
Heading: Northwest
Flight speed: 10.3 mph (4.6 meters per second)
Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter