According to NASA, the helicopter reached a height of 12 meters and traveled a distance of 393 meters in more than 2 minutes on December 2.

The Ingenuity helicopter is 50cm tall and weighs 1.8kg, launched to Mars on February 18, 2021 with the Perseverance probe. Not only intended to test the feasibility of helicopters on Mars, Ingenuity is also equipped with cameras to detect areas that Perseverance can survey, as well as support finding the most effective and safe route for the probe. He moved on a mission to search for evidence of life on the “Red Planet”.

According to NASA, the Ingenuity helicopter is designed to fly for a maximum of 90 seconds, at a distance of nearly 300 meters at a time and about 3 – 4.5 meters above the ground. Deploying Ingenuity on Mars is considered a technology demonstration to test powered flight for the first time on another planet.