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Unknown debris dislodges from Ingenuity Mars helicopter's foot during 33rd flight

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has taken flight again, staying aloft for nearly a minute this past weekend. The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) rotorcraft soared roughly 33 feet (10 meters) in the air and moved about 365 ft (111 meters) before alighting in a new location. The helicopter is a part of NASA's life-seeking Perseverance rover mission.

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Daily Express

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter gets something stuck to its foot on Mars

The space agency is unsure what the object - which was dislodged mid-flight - was, but some have speculated it could have been a piece of fabric from the Wright brothers' historic aircraft which was attached to the rotorcraft before being sent to Mars.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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c|net

NASA Mars Helicopter Takes Flight With Toilet-Paper-Like Debris Stuck to Its Foot

Ingenuity has now joined the Perseverance rover in dealing with oddball debris on the red planet.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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UPI

Unknown debris dislodges from Ingenuity Mars helicopter's foot during 33rd flight

NASA said Friday that it is looking into debris that was seen on the foot of the Ingenuity helicopter's foot during its 33rd space flight on Mars.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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Sci Tech Daily

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Spots Foreign Object Debris on Mars

Footage from the Mars helicopter’s navigation camera reveals a small piece of foreign object debris (FOD). During a portion of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s 33rd flight, a small piece of foreign object debris (FOD) was seen in footage (see video below) from the Mars helicopter’s navigation came

2 years ago

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Space

Ingenuity Mars helicopter notches 33rd Red Planet flight

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has taken flight again, staying aloft for nearly a minute this past weekend on its 33rd extraterrestrial sortie.

2 years ago·United States

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Ingenuity Mars helicopter makes 33rd flight to the Red Planet › Geeky News

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter took to the air again, staying in the air for almost a minute over the weekend during its 33rd extraterrestrial sortie. Ingenuity, which is part of NASA's Perseverance rover life-hunting mission, took to the skies of Mars on Saturday (September 24) with a flight time of just over 55 seconds. According

2 years ago

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