NASA's unmanned Ingenuity helicopter set a new speed record during its 60th flight over the surface of Mars
By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 29.09.2023, 15:41
This week, the Martian unmanned helicopter drone Ingenuity made its 60th flight over the surface of the Red Planet. According to NASA, the drone was able to set a new speed record.
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The anniversary flight took place on 25 September 2023. The drone was able to climb to a height of 16 metres and cover 340 metres. The 60th flight took 132.8 seconds, which is 3.8 seconds less than the previous attempt.
Ingenuity was able to set a new speed record, accelerating to 8 m/s (28.8 km/h). The previous record was 6.5 m/s (23.4 km/h). It was set during the 49th flight over the surface of Mars, which took place on April 2, 2023. Until then, the drone had reached a speed of 5.5 m/s (19.8 km/h) several times.
Source: NASA
