Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Flight 66! 🔴

NASA ^ | November 7, 2023

[Ezekiel]

Flight 66
Sol 961
Date Nov. 3, 2023
Horizontal Distance 0 m ~2 ft
Max. Altitude 3 m ~10 ft
Max. Groundspeed 1 m/s ~2.2 mph
Duration 23.0 seconds
Route of Flight Airfield Phi

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Flight Log
By the Numbers

FLIGHTS
66

FLIGHT TIME
~118.8 MINS

DISTANCE FLOWN
9 MILES
(~14,910 km) sic

MAX. GROUND SPEED
22.4 MPH
10 m/s

HIGHEST ALTITUDE
24 METERS
(~79 ft)

Data according to the waypoints log:

"Flight": 66,
"Sol": 962,
"Dist_m": 0.5,
"Total_m": 15099.652,
"Total_km": 15.1,
"Dist_ft": 1.64,
"Total_ft": 49539.541,
"Total_mi": 9.382,
"Max_Alt_m": 3,
"Max_Alt_ft": 9.843,
"Max_Spd_m": 1,
"Max_mph": 2.237,
"Duration_s": 23.03,
"total_s": 7128.914,
"total_min": 118.82,
"Earth_Date": "Nov. 3, 2023",

[Ezekiel]

Get your kicks!

(Get hip to this timely tip.)

[dayglored]

Wow, that little copter just keeps rockin' on!

Thanks for the YT link, I hadn't listened to the Stones' version of that in decades. A treat!

And BTW, that recording was released in... '66!

[dayglored]

Oops, I'm wrong, it was copyright 1966. Released in 1964 on their first album.

[Ezekiel]

It’s the best version by far!

[Openurmind]

I need to eat some crow... I honestly didn’t think the thing was going to get off the ground... I figured they were lucky to even get it there in one piece. :)

Sometimes a clock is right a couple times a day... lol

[Ezekiel]

♪ I don't the answer to the easy way she's opened every door in my mind. ♪

~ Kris Krist offerson

So easy love Ingenuity:

Flight 53 [= "אבן"] (July 22, 2023)

This experience derailed flying plans:

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Even without these inherent coordination challenges, sometimes unexpected events can derail even the most well-laid plans as they did in Flight 53. No one on the project could have predicted the eventual outcome that resulted in the loss of two months of helicopter mission time...

STATUS UPDATES | November 06, 2023
The Long Wait

Yeah but it inspired her to a future in many Sols.

This photo was selected by public vote and featured as "Image of the Week" for Week 127 (July 16 - 22, 2023) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on July 21, 2023 (Sol 859) at the local mean solar time of 11:59:53.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/image-of-the-week/week-127

[Ezekiel]

So much fun. Ginny is irresistible.

A darling little MRS... a veritable bride for Mars! 😂

(Proof that there's someone for everyone, lol.)

The Girl Can't Help It ♫

[TChad]

Looks like Flight 66 was just a brief test. Which Ginny passed. Of course.