Pic of rover Perseverance and info on its comm links, to earth, to orbiters and to Ingenuity.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/785/992/015/855/342/original/dc7e4dd432b2d51a.png
Not a good day for space missions 😞
During a short up and down Flight 72, Mars helicopter Ingenuity lost its comm link with rover Perseverance. NASA engineers are working on restoring it.
This follows Flight 71 on Jan 6 which made an emergency landing 35 seconds into a 125 sec flight; apparently the relatively featureless sandy terrain proved difficult for its navigation system.
Meanwhile, Voyager 1 is still sending garbled data.
Stay tuned.
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/508/flight-72-status-update/
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