Mars Helicopter Ingenuity’s 3rd flight in 4K for 100 meters distance

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On April 25, 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter completed 3rd 100-meterslongwise flight sending 4K UHD images from onboard camera. There are 3 onboard 4K images from Ingenuity’s 3rd flight on Mars. For the third flight altitude is 5 meters, but increasing max airspeed from 0.5 meters per second to 2 meters per second (about 4.5 mph) as we head 50 meters (164 feet) north and return to land at Wright Brothers Field. Total flight time of about 80 seconds and a total distance of 100 meters (330 feet). While that number may not seem like a lot, consider that we never moved laterally more than about two-pencil lengths when we flight-tested in the vacuum chamber here on Earth. And while the 4 meters of lateral movement in Flight Two (2 meters out and then 2 meters back) was great, providing lots of terrific data, it was still only 4 meters. As such, Flight Three is a big step, one in which Ingenuity will begin to experience freedom in the sky.  Mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degree below the horizon, Ingenuity’s high-resolution color camera contains a 4208-by-3120-pixel sensor. There is also 4K video of 2nd flight of Ingenuity on Mars (enhanced using AI Engine).

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Source for NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity page: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/

Source for Ingenuity’s first aerial image: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25846/first-aerial-color-image-of-mars/

Source for NASA’s Ingenuity’s 3rd flight on Mars: https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8930/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-flies-faster-farther-on-third-flight/

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