Long After its Planned Retirement, Ingenuity Keeps Raising Eyebrows
Ingenuity, the small, flyweight helicopter operating on the barren Martian surface, bested its previous records with a 60.82-second flight this month. Until now, the 'little helo that could' managed to reach a peak altitude of 39 feet, with most of its vertical jaunts lofting it around 33 feet AGL. On its recent adventure for flight number 35, the 4-pound, 19-inch-tall machine managed to gain 46 feet of altitude, landing 49 feet away from its takeoff point. For flight 36, it managed to outdo its previous duration record with a 60.82-second repositioning flight.
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