NASA reported on the 30th flight of the Ingenuity unmanned aerial vehicle in the atmosphere of Mars. Initially
What is known
On August 20, Ingenuity made another successful flight over the surface of the Red Planet. This is the first drone flight in more than two months.
Ingenuity is located in the Lake Crater.Because it's winter there, NASA couldn't use an unmanned helicopter because of the frequent dust storms. Another problem was the accumulation of dust on solar panels, which significantly reduces the duration of flights.
NASA specialists decided to perform the 30than Ingenuity flight to test the helicopter's performance after being idle since June 11th. At the same time, the drone was able to dump dust from solar panels. The unmanned aerial vehicle successfully flew 2 m in 33 seconds.
Source: space.com
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