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Targeting Monday, April 19 for the Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter first flight.
07:30 – approximate time of 1st flight
10:15 – livestream on NASA TV
18:00 – post-flight briefing
(All times in UTC)
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Targeting Monday, April 19 for the Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter first flight.
07:30 – approximate time of 1st flight
10:15 – livestream on NASA TV
18:00 – post-flight briefing
(All times in UTC)
Learn more | #Mars2020
@EverythingScience
Ingenuity's 2nd flight will take place Thursday, April 22 at 09:30 UTC
The #MarsHelicopter will ascend to 5 meters, then move 2m sideways before coming to a stop, hovering in place, and making turns to point its color camera in different directions before heading back to its landing position. Images will arrive 4 hours later.
Image caption: Buzz Aldrin's iconic image of a bootprint on the Moon during the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969 next to Ingenuity's photo of its own shadow on its first flight.
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The #MarsHelicopter will ascend to 5 meters, then move 2m sideways before coming to a stop, hovering in place, and making turns to point its color camera in different directions before heading back to its landing position. Images will arrive 4 hours later.
Image caption: Buzz Aldrin's iconic image of a bootprint on the Moon during the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969 next to Ingenuity's photo of its own shadow on its first flight.
Source | #Mars2020
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The #MarsHelicopter successfully completed its 2nd flight
It captured this image with its black-and-white navigation camera. It also reached new milestones of a higher altitude, a longer hover and lateral flying.
Source | #Mars2020
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It captured this image with its black-and-white navigation camera. It also reached new milestones of a higher altitude, a longer hover and lateral flying.
Source | #Mars2020
@EverythingScience