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Ingenuity Mars helicopter attempts its first test flight on Mars near NASA's Perseverance rover in an undated illustration provided by Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. /Reuters
NASA's Mars helicopter is aiming for a new flight on Mars this week, NASA said on Wednesday.
The new flight, the 63rd on the red planet, is scheduled no earlier than Thursday. The helicopter is expected to fly about 574 meters for 137 seconds to reposition itself in a new airfield, according to NASA.
So far, the helicopter has completed 62 flights on Mars for a total time of 113 minutes, and total distance of 13.9 kilometers, according to NASA data.
The helicopter, named Ingenuity, arrived at Mars' Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, attached to the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover. It is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another planet for the first time.
The helicopter was designed to fly for up to 90 seconds, to distances of almost 300 meters at a time and about 3 to 4.5 meters from the ground, according to NASA.
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