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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Flight 63 Preview – By the Numbers (mars.nasa.gov)
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  • Flight 63
  • Expected flight date: 10/19/2023
  • Horizontal flight distance: 573.93 meters
  • Expected flight time: 137 seconds
  • Flight altitude: 12 meters
  • Heading: SW
  • Max flight speed: 6.3 m/s
  • Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter
  • Airfield: New-
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[–] MeshPotato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's jist amazing that this drone is still flying!

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Setting the bar very high for the next planetary rotorcraft :)

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Should have strapped a GoPro™ on the lil chopper before the mission. Having hi-res videos of the flight would have been worth the extra 154 grams. All we get are creep shots of the drone from afar or weird Mothra-like images.