Second Flight a Success for NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed a second, more challenging flight on the Red Planet on April 22, 2021. Flight Test No. 2aimed for a higher maximum altitude, longer flight time, and sideways movement. The second flight test took place at “Wright Brothers Field” in Jezero Crater, Mars. . During the 52-second flight, the helicopter climbed to 16 feet (5 meters) compared to its first takeoff of 10 feet (3 meters). It also flew about 7 feet (2 meters) sideways and turned three times. The Ingenuity team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California determined tha
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