#Perseverance moved further SW on Sol 1002, to RMC 48.0690. At this new location it is just 28m NW of where #Ingenuity had landed after #Flight60 and #Flight61

The animation shows approx. where the #MarsHelicopter had been from Sol 924 to Sol 940. A map follows.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking SSE (153°) from RMC 48.0690
Sol 1002, LMST: 13:04:29

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01002/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1002_0755894622_425ECM_N0480690NCAM03002_01_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Remember that dent in #Ingenuity's flight path during #Flight60, which we noticed the other day? https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/111143393069401062
Here is the view to NW from that point.

Map follows.

Image captured from RMC 60.0001/1
Sol 924, LMST: 11:06:07

Quickly processed (today in Technicolor 😀), undistorted HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00924/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0924_0748962910_975ECM_N0600001HELI00001_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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While the dust from #Ingenuity's #Flight60 has not yet settled on the ground, #Flight61 comes tosol to break one more record: fly as high as 24m!

Apparently the #MarsHelicopter team's plan is to take advantage of every available opportunity and gather as much new data as possible, before facing again survival conditions, next winter.

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/485/flight-61-preview-by-the-numbers/

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#Ingenuity stopped at about 1/3 of the way in #Flight60 to take a look at something interesting 🤓

Animated zoom

From the updated flight path on the #MMGIS map:
https://mars.nasa.gov/maps/?mission=M20

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#Ingenuity's flew its 60th flight on Sol 924, as planned.

The animation shows the last part of #Flight60 just before landing, and is rotated to approx. north up.

10 processed, stabilized HELI_NAV images played at 4 fps
Sol: 924, RMC: 60.0001, LMST: 11:07:34
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00924/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0924_0748963000_017ECM_N0600001HELI04456_0000A0J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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And so we've reached #Flight60 🚁 !

#Ingenuity will fly again on Monday, Sept 25, 2023, to the northern part of the rocky area where Mandu Wall lies, about 160m WSW of Jurabi Point, as seen on the map. And will do so in a record breaking speed of 8 m/s!

Flight announcement: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/483/flight-60-preview-by-the-numbers/

The flight path and landing shown on the map are guesses.

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