NASA Mars helicopter completes its 60th flight, setting a new speed record

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues on the way! CTOnews.com, September 28 (Xinhua)-- after setting a new altitude record on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter set a new speed record of 17.9mph (8m / s) on its 60th flight, up from 15mph (6.5m / s) earlier this year.

In the 60th flight, Intelligence flew at an altitude of 16 meters, a flight time of 133 seconds and a flight of 340 meters, which was the fastest flight of the helicopter on the surface of Mars.

Just a week ago, the 4-pound and 19-inch helicopter set a flight altitude record of 20 meters, six meters higher than the previous record.

Together with the Perseverance rover, which arrived on Mars in February 2021, the drone-like vehicle is designed to test whether it can be the first device to achieve a powered, controllable flight on another planet. In April 2021, it achieved its goal and entered into history books.

Aerial images taken during the flight of dexterity were used to help the perseverance team plan the route of the Mars rover and move it between sites looking for evidence of ancient microbial life.