NASA's Martian Helicopter Ingenuity Sets New Record

NASA's Martian Helicopter Ingenuity has set a new record on the surface of the Red Planet after conducting a successful 25th flight, the agency announced on Thursday.

The new achievement of the small flying device included reaching a new distance, and longer flight duration as it crossed the boarders of the Martian Jezro Crater.

NASA tweeted: "Mars Helicopter is breaking records again! Ingenuity completed its 25th and most ambitious flight. It broke its distance and ground speed records, traveling 704 meters at 5.5 meters per second while flying for 161.3 seconds."

Last December, the first-ever flying object on the surface of Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, reached a new milestone.

The helicopter did a total of more than 30 minutes and 48 seconds of air time, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement.

The data of the Ingenuity helicopter was released because of “an unexpected cutoff to the in-flight data stream as the helicopter descended toward the surface at the conclusion of its flight.”

The statement added: “NASA’s Perseverance rover in February has been battling normal seasonal changes in the atmosphere that require its rotor to spin a little faster against thinner air, which appears to be working well so far.”

Regarding the details of the upcoming flight, it is supposed to fly 754 feet (230 meters) at 5.6 mph (9 kph) speed.