Mars Helicopter Sol 714 - 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 Feb. 22, 2023 (Sol 714 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 17:08:32. This was the date of Ingenuity's 45th flight.
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- Flight: 46
- Flight date: No earlier than 02/25/2023
- Horizontal flight distance: 1,461 feet (445 meters)
- Flight time (nominal, w/ max divert): 136.27 seconds
- Flight altitude: 40 feet (12 meters)
- Heading: Southwest
- Flight speed: 11.9 mph (5.3 meters per second)
- Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter and scout future airfields
Written by NASA/JPL
