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Mike Wehner
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NASA is moving fast with its Ingenuity helicopter trials on Mars. In its first flight, the tiny aircraft took off, hovered, and landed in place. Its second flight saw it take off, travel a relatively short distance of 16 feet, and then land again. Its third flight, which NASA completed on Sunday, April 25th, was by far its most impressive trip yet. For the newest test, the helicopter was tasked with taking off to a height of 16 feet and then flying horizontally for 164 feet, or 50 meters. That's over half the length of a football field, and the helicopter nailed it.
What's even more impressive about the flight is the speed at which the helicopter traveled during its horizontal journey. As NASA explains in a new blog post, the aircraft reached a top speed of 6.6 feet per second (2 meters per second) or roughly 4.5 miles per hour. It's not exactly supersonic, but it's speedy enough to make it the fastest machine on Mars by a long shot. For comparison, the Perseverance rover travels at a top speed of less than 0.1 miles per hour.
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NASA’s Mars helicopter just took an extremely long flight originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 17:38:26 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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