The team behind NASA's Mars helicopter is aiming to send it to its highest altitude yet when it embarks on its 49th flight this week.
The diminutive drone-like aircraft arrived on Mars with the Perseverance rover in February 2021.
Related However, at the start of its mission more than two years ago, the team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory , which is overseeing the current Mars adventure, were merely interested in seeing if the helicopter would be able to get airborne in Mars’ thin atmosphere. Despite its impressive accomplishments, the team behind Ingenuity is still keen to push the aircraft to its limits, and a flight this week could send it to its highest altitude yet.
The same flight is expected to see the 1.6-feet-tall helicopter fly for around 135 seconds and cover a distance of 894 feet while traveling at a speed of around 10 mph.
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