Posted on 10/30/2023 10:42:02 AM PDT by Ezekiel
Flight 64
Sol 954
Date Oct. 27, 2023
Horizontal Distance 411 m ~1,348 ft.
Max. Altitude 12 m ~39 ft
Max. Groundspeed 5.80 m/s ~13.0 mph
Duration 139.1 seconds
Route of Flight From Airfield Upsilon To Airfield Phi
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Flight Log
By the Numbers
FLIGHTS
64
FLIGHT TIME
~117.6 MINS
DISTANCE FLOWN
9 MILES
(~14,903 km) sic
MAX. GROUND SPEED
22.4 MPH
10 m/s
HIGHEST ALTITUDE
24 m
(~79 ft)
https://mars.nasa.gov/mmgis-maps/M20/Layers/json/m20_heli_waypoints.json
Still spinning pretty!
Nice!!!
Straight up One of the coolest things we have ever done.
I watched Mars videos over the Weekend. They are just fantastic.
The helicopter is being used to scout terrain to select a route through an area including deep sand. The rover apparently has a problem with th deep sand. It needed to go through an area with the bad sand and the4 copter showed the way. Now that is truly fantastic.
The rover wanted to go to some specific outcroppings to make a core sample. Amazingly believe it, the core samples are stored on board the rover FOR LATER TRANSPORT TO LABS BACK ON EARTH
what I think is neat is that it has a little piece of wood from the wright brothers plane onboard.
Did not know that. Very cool
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
Read that somewhere.
Some background info:
Here are some fun details on the rover itself. Perseverance goes by the nickname of Percy, so that’s kind of funny for the mission named MARS2020. (Perceive)
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/markings/
April 19, 2021
NASA scores Wright Brothers moment with first helicopter flight on Mars
“NASA also paid tribute to the Wrights by affixing a tiny swatch of wing fabric from their original flyer under Ingenuity’s solar panel before sending it off to Mars.”
As you can see from the first-flight date of April 19th, it was all about the Revolution:
May 15, 2018:
“The primary way to achieve lift with a rotorcraft in thin air is to spin the blades very fast. The Mars Helicopter’s rotors will operate between 2,300 and 2,800 rpm, depending on the atmospheric density at the landing site, which is five to ten times faster than the rotor speed of an average helicopter.”
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a20690052/helicopter-mars-nasa/
Ginny was born on Mars on Saturday, April 3, 2021, so NASA/JPL had to wait until Easter Sunday to know if she had survived the night.
Strange things are afoot up there in Jezero Crater..
I must have remembered wrong, but still pretty cool that something off the wright brothers plane is on mars.
Close enough! 😁
They really scored big with this Lil Copter.
Close enough and just as cool. Good story and a nice diversion from the madness.
The ESA may send one on there mission to Titan. Possible sub too at some point
The original Wright flyer was damaged after only a couple of flights. The Wright brothers, disassembled it and sent it back to Dayton for storage. When they got home they got busy making improved versions. Their head mechanic reassembled it on his own, without asking permission, and replaced some damaged parts. He kept the damaged parts in the shop as historical artifacts, and the splinters that have been distributed around the world came from those parts. The head mechanic did not keep the parts for himself or for gain, he maintained them for the owners, the Wright Brothers.
nice, never heard that. thanks.
Well done, NASA. I'm sure the Wright Brothers would have appreciated the acknowledgement.
"Watch me for the changes and try to keep up, okay?"
With a bounce here and a bounce there, this lil gal intends to outrace us all. All saints and all souls:
STATUS UPDATES | November 01, 2023
Flight 65 Preview – By the Numbers
Written by NASA/JPL
Flight 65
Expected flight date: 11/01/2023
Horizontal flight distance: 7 meters
Expected flight time: 48.26 seconds
Flight altitude: 10 meters
Heading: West
Max flight speed: 1 m/s
Goal of flight: Reposition the helicopter
Airfield: Same
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/493/flight-65-preview-by-the-numbers/
STATUS UPDATES | November 01, 2023
Flight 66 Preview – By the Numbers
Written by NASA/JPL
Flight 66
Expected flight date: 11/02/2023
Horizontal flight distance: 0.5 meters
Expected flight time: 23.38 seconds
Flight altitude: 3 meters
Heading: South
Max flight speed: 1 m/s
Goal of flight: Reposition the helicopter
Airfield: Same
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/494/flight-66-preview-by-the-numbers/
I'm reminded of the Sea-King,
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