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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.

mars.nasa.gov/technology/helic
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Pic of rover Perseverance and info on its comm links, to earth, to orbiters and to Ingenuity.
Jan 20, 2024, 03:16 AM·Public
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