NASA has re-established contact with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter which had lost contact with the Perseverance rover. NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said in a post on X that the team is reviewing the new data to better understand the unexpected communication dropout during Flight 72.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood news today: We\u2019ve reestablished contact with the Mars helicopter after instructing @NASAPersevere to perform long-duration listening sessions for Ingenuity\u2019s signal,\u201d NASA said. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk replied: \u201cGreat.\u201d Ingenuity landed on the Red Planet in February 2021 attached to the belly of NASA\u2019s Mars Perseverance rover and it also marked the second anniversary of its first flight, which took place on April 19, 2021.<\/p>\n
Originally tasked with only five test flights to prove its \u201cpioneering\u201d technology, Ingenuity helicopter exceeded all expectations. On January 18, Ingenuity executed its 72nd flight at the Red Planet. The flight was designed as a quick pop-up vertical flight to check out the helicopter\u2019s systems, following an unplanned early landing during its previous flight, NASA said.<\/p>\n
The six-wheeled Perseverance rover is searching for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Ingenuity has stayed aloft for more than 128 minutes and covered a total of 17.7 km during its 72 Mars flights, according to the mission\u2019s flight log.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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