NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is about to attempt its longest flight across Mars since its first hover in April 2021.
NASA’s Mars helicopter is attempting its longest-ever flight this weekend. In fact, if you’re reading this on Sunday, the Ingenuity aircraft could be zipping across the martian surface at this very same moment.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will confirm the success of the flight just as soon as all of the data has come in.
If the helicopter manages to nail the flight plan, it’ll cover a distance 2,717 feet (828 meters) without touching the ground, smashing its previous record by 391 feet (119 meters) that was set during a flight in April 2022.
