NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has taken its longest Mars flight since June, traveling 319 feet as it heads for a rendezvous with the Perseverance rover.
The Ingenuity aircraft completed its 31st flight on the red planet on September 6, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , which is overseeing the current Mars mission, reported on Wednesday.
We had liftoff!#MarsHelicopter completed a successful Flight 31 on September 6. Ingenuity flew 318 ft west towards the Jezero river delta, in 55.6 seconds.More: https://t.co/pJGZuwtbPy pic.twitter.com/OInuN4KqFj Tuesday’s sortie was the second since June 11 after which the mission team grounded Ingenuity due to an uptick in dust storms and bitterly cold seasonal temperatures.
Ingenuity is heading to the river delta inside the Jezero Crater, where it’ll meet up with the Perseverance rover, which is continuing its mission to collect samples of martian soil for return to Earth so scientists can study the material for evidence of ancient microbial life on the distance planet.
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