Mars helicopter gets extra month of flying by Nasa

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NASA gives its Ingenuity helicopter at least an extra month in Mars to tackle tough new terrain and serve as a scout for its companion rover

For Friday's trip, Ingenuity traveled 266 meters at a height of 5 meters for two minutes, considerably farther and longer than before.On its fifth flight in another week or so, the 1.8-kilogram chopper will move to a new airfield on Mars, allowing the rover to finally start focusing on its own rock-sampling mission. The rover is seeking signs of ancient life at Jezero Crater, home to a lush lakebed and river delta billions of years ago.

“Ingenuity loves Mars,” project manager MiMi Aung told reporters. “It takes off and I almost feel the freedom that it feels." The rover will continue to relay data and pictures from the helicopter, but stop taking its own chopper shots. The two spacecraft must be within a 1 kilometre of one another, for communication relay.

 

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