Posted on Sep 5, 2021
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Successfully Completed Its 13th Flight On Mars || Ingenuity With UFO
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This is another video of the 13th flight, by a different video processing entity, Physics Insight and it appears to be a bit clearer than the one I just published by iGadgetPro... I offer this one as a comparison of the imaging and processing... Let me know what you think on this...
Here is the Description by Physics Insight/NASA
Physics Insight:
"On September 5, 2021, NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter flew about 105 m (344 ft) northeast and back. It made a round-trip northeast for a 105 m (344 ft), landed again near Airfield H. The flight was concentrated on one particular ridgeline and outcrops in South Séítah. Mars Helicopter climbed to an altitude of 8m and was moving at speed of 3.3 m/s with total time of flight of 161 s.
These images were taken by Ingenuity helicopter and Perseverance rover on Sep. 5, 2021 (Sol 193 of the Perseverance rover mission)."
Images Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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Kerry
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Here is the Description by Physics Insight/NASA
Physics Insight:
"On September 5, 2021, NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter flew about 105 m (344 ft) northeast and back. It made a round-trip northeast for a 105 m (344 ft), landed again near Airfield H. The flight was concentrated on one particular ridgeline and outcrops in South Séítah. Mars Helicopter climbed to an altitude of 8m and was moving at speed of 3.3 m/s with total time of flight of 161 s.
These images were taken by Ingenuity helicopter and Perseverance rover on Sep. 5, 2021 (Sol 193 of the Perseverance rover mission)."
Images Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Compare and comment if you can...
Kerry
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Sgt (Join to see) Nice closeups and interesting content, lol. Guessing that what looks like drill holes in the rocks were from the rover drilling . . .
Wondering why the helicopter wasn't named "scout" since it is being used effectively for reconnaissance - and of course can make a good difference on the routing of the rover.
Wondering why the helicopter wasn't named "scout" since it is being used effectively for reconnaissance - and of course can make a good difference on the routing of the rover.
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SGT Mary G. - Regarding Ingenuity, remember that this helicopter was a "proof of concept" craft, and upon landing on Mars and detached from its host rover, Perseverance, they still didn't know if it would fly successfully in the real Martian environment... As we now know, the small craft did awesomely well in flight and a determination was made by mission control to use Ingenuity as a "scout" so-to-speak... and it has been doing a fantastic job at that, minimizing the travel time from point to point by "Percy" as it eliminates the issues associated with large Martian rocks or debris... We can look for a much larger helicopter as time moves forward...
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SGT Mary G.
Sgt (Join to see) - Yes. And excellent proof, too. Guessing a new and larger helicopter prototype is already being constructed if not tested.
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Fortunately it runs on battery power, which charges up via a solar panel on its frame... I believe that's why there is so much time between flights... When the Martian winter arrives, I think that will end its flying days...
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