‘Faster and farther’: NASA helicopter makes third flight on Mars

NASA says Ingenuity helicopter travels 50 metres at a top speed of two metres per second in third Martian flight.

The United States space agency’s Ingenuity helicopter has completed its third flight on Mars, flying “faster and farther” than it did in any test flights on Earth. In a statement on Sunday, NASA said the helicopter travelled 50 metres (164 feet) at a top speed of two metres per second (6.6 feet per second). It was Ingenuity’s third flight since it made its historic first hop on the Red Planet earlier this month.