Share with friends and circles of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > < / P > < p > on August 5, the dexterous Mars helicopter under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to carry out its 11th mission on Mars as early as Thursday morning Eastern time. At that time, the helicopter will rise to an altitude of 12 meters from the surface of Mars, with a flight distance of about 385 meters. The total duration of the mission is planned to be 130 seconds, and the maximum speed of the helicopter will reach 18 kilometers per hour < p > on February 18 this year, the dexterous Mars helicopter weighing 1.8kg landed in the Jero crater on the surface of Mars with the Mars rover perseverance. Six weeks later, the Mars helicopter was released from the belly of perseverance and launched a one month flight test activity to verify the feasibility of man-made aircraft flying over Mars < p > during this period, dexterous successfully completed all five flights, and NASA then approved dexterous to continue its extended mission, focusing on demonstrating the exploration potential of Martian helicopters. So far, dexterous has completed five expansion missions, and another exploration mission will be carried out on Thursday < p > illustration: the planned roadmap for the 11th flight of dexterous Mars helicopter < / P > < p > Josh Ravich, the mechanical engineering director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory participating in the dexterous Mars helicopter project, said that if all conditions are met, dexterous will take off at 00:50 a.m. Eastern time on August 5 at the earliest, which will be its 11th mission on Mars < p > although the dexterous Mars helicopter will take some photos during flight 11, the main purpose of this mission is to enable the dexterous to reach a new location and further explore the southern region of s é í TAH (Navajo means sand). This rugged sandy area is difficult for the perseverance Rover to travel < p > Ravitch said that at the request of the perseverance scientific team, the new site "will become the base for dexterous to explore the southern region of s é í TAH." < p > meanwhile, the Mars rover perseverance is preparing to collect the first Mars sample. The rover will eventually collect dozens of Mars samples, which may be brought back to earth as early as 2031 < p > the Mars rover perseverance is currently in a geological area called "rough fracture of crater". The rover team believes that the rocks here are as old as the Jero crater itself. If possible, the team plans to cruise the rover and investigate the nearby South of s é í TAH in the relatively near future（ Chen Chen) < / P > < p >