About two weeks ago, the Ingenuity unmanned helicopter was able to rise to 16 meters during its 49th flight over
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Last week, Ingenuity celebrated its anniversaryflight. As part of the 50th launch, he was able to rise to a height of 18 meters, which became a new record. The unmanned helicopter took 145.7 seconds to cover a distance of 322.2 meters.
Ingenuity is on Mars with a roverPerseverance has been around for two years now. The second anniversary of the first flight of the drone will be celebrated two days later, on April 19. On February 18, 2023, the helicopter and rover celebrated two years on the Red Planet.
According to Ingenuity project manager TeddyTeddy Tzanetos, the drone flew 1250% more than planned. Over 50 missions, he was in the air for 89 minutes and covered 11.6 km. He managed to exceed the expected flight distance by 2214%.