NASA's Mars helicopter has completed its 50th flight on the Red Planet, according to the agency, SİA reports citing Xinhua.
The first aircraft on another world reached the half-century mark on Thursday, traveling over 322.2 meters in 145.7 seconds, according to NASA. The helicopter also achieved a new altitude record of 18 meters before alighting near the 800-meter-wide "Belva Crater," said NASA.
The helicopter, named Ingenuity, arrived at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18 of 2021, attached to the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover. The helicopter is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another planet for the first time.
Ingenuity will soon mark the two-year anniversary of its first flight, which took place on April 19, 2021.The helicopter was designed to fly for up to 90 seconds, to distances of almost 300 meters at a time and about 3 to 4.5 meters from the ground, according to NASA.
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