Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Flight 68! 🔴

NASA ^ | December 18, 2023

[Ezekiel]

Flight 68
Sol 1002
Date Dec. 15, 2023
Horizontal Distance 702 m ~2,304 ft
Max. Altitude 16 m ~52 ft
Max. Groundspeed 10 m/s ~22.4 mph
Duration 131.1 seconds
Route of Flight Airfield Chi

Flight Log
By the Numbers
FLIGHTS
68

FLIGHT TIME
~123.3 MINS

DISTANCE FLOWN
10 MILES
(~16,006 km) (sic)

MAX. GROUND SPEED
22.4 MPH
10 m/s

HIGHEST ALTITUDE
24 METERS
(~79 ft)

[Ezekiel]

Tying with Flight 62 (on Sol 940) for speed record.

2 meters shy of the distance record of 704 m (Flight 25 on Sol 403).

They had planned for a new distance record of 828 m.

[Tijeras_Slim]

JPL has given us serious bang for the buck.

[Telepathic Intruder]

We need to send people to Mars or Muslims but not both at the same time.

[Ezekiel]

A belated thank you for the link you provided on the 'MAVEN' thread.

[Ezekiel]

Ping for Ginny the Wonder Gal.

[Ezekiel]

Sol 1002
“Zot Chanukah”
68: tov meod
702 m
Χ, χ = 600

[TChad]

Still spinning up a storm.