Mars Helicopter Sol 681 - 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 Jan. 19, 2023 (Sol 681 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:52:08. This was the date of Ingenuity's 40th flight.
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- Flight: 41
- Flight date: No earlier than 01/25/2023
- Horizontal flight distance (nominal, w/ max divert): 587 feet (179 meters)
- Flight time: 103.57 seconds
- Flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
- Heading: Out to North West and return
- Flight speed: 6.7 mph (3 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Scouting
Written by NASA/JPL
