{"id":240008,"date":"2021-04-30T23:54:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mars-helicopter-makes-fourth-flight-gets-extra-month-of-flying\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T23:54:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:54:41","slug":"mars-helicopter-makes-fourth-flight-gets-extra-month-of-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mars-helicopter-makes-fourth-flight-gets-extra-month-of-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mars helicopter makes fourth flight, gets extra month of flying"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) \u2014 NASA\u2019s little Mars helicopter has gotten a reprieve.<\/p>\n

Instead of wrapp<\/a>ing up flight tests at the beginning of May, NASA is giving its Ingenuity helicopter at least an extra month to tackle tough new terrain and serve as a scout for its companion rover, Perseverance.<\/p>\n

Officials announced the flight extension Friday, following three short flights in under two weeks for the $85 million tech demo.<\/p>\n

Ingenuity made its fourth flight Friday afternoon, travel<\/a>ing 872 feet at a height of 16 feet for two minutes \u2014 considerably farther and longer than before. An attempt Thursday had failed because of a known software error.<\/p>\n

On its fifth flight in a week or so, the chopper will move to a new airfield on Mars, allowing the rover to finally start focusing on its own rock-sampling mission. The rover is seeking signs of ancient life at Jezero Crater, home to a lush lakebed and river delta billions of years ago.<\/p>\n

The helicopter team at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, expects to chalk up a sixth and seven flight in May. The previous limit had been five. If all goes well, the helicopter mission could go even longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIngenuity loves Mars,\u201d project manager MiMi Aung told reporters. \u201cIt takes off and I almost feel the freedom that it feels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Perseverance will take priority, scoping out the rocks around the Feb. 18 landing site. Ingenuity hitched a ride to Mars on the rover\u2019s belly. Managers expect the rover to collect its first sample in July for return to Earth in a decade.<\/p>\n

The rover will continue to relay data and pictures from the helicopter, but stop taking its own chopper shots. The two spacecraft must be within a half-mile of one another, for communication relay.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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