NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes 10th flight to Mars, completes a distance of one mile
The US space agency's Ingenuity Mars helicopter made its 10th and highest flight ever. During this time, the helicopter completed a full mile of the Red Planet. NASA officials of the company's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) wrote on Instagram, "With the success of the Mars Helicopter aircraft today, we have covered a whole distance of one mile so far." According to NASA, the plane was the heaviest aircraft ever built. There were more than 10 lanes on the way.
During the flight, the Ingenuity helicopter departed from its sixth airport. During this time, the helicopter reached a distance of 95 feet [95 m] in 165 seconds. Also set a new 12-meter high flight record. It also took pictures of the Red Planet region. The location is called Raised Ridges, where NASA plans to send a Perseverance rover. It is noteworthy that NASA's Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity Mars helicopter landed on Mars in February this year.
The US space agency said in a previous statement that Flight 10 would target the so-called 'Red Ridges' (RR) area during the flight. This region is named on the basis of geographical features. This area begins about 164 meters (50 meters) southwest of our present location. NASA has said we will be thinking of high mountains because this is a place that Perseverance rover scientists enjoy. There is also a plan to send a rover here in the future. NASA said photos taken by the helicopter on various routes in the Raised Ridge area would be compiled.
Let us tell you that a four-pound helicopter was aboard a NASA Perseverance Rover and landed on Mars on April 4. When the intelligent helicopter took off for the first time on April 19, it made history. In fact, it was the first time that a helicopter had been flown to another planet outside of Earth. Initially, engineers planned to test five aircraft so that Perseverance Rover could do its job of searching for ancient life. During a test flight, the robot acts as a photographer. At the same time, engineers now plan to develop more sophisticated pilot aircraft.