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Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars after 63-day silence | CNN (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by VoxAdActa to c/technology

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Ingenuity communicates with mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, by relaying all messages through the Perseverance rover.

And when Ingenuity took off for flight 52, a hill presented an obstacle blocking the helicopter and rover from communicating with each other.

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Sometimes, Ingenuity is off exploring and taking images of sites that the rover may not reach for weeks.

Once Perseverance crested the obstructive hill, the helicopter and rover had a chance to communicate and relay Ingenuity’s messages back to Earth — including the data captured during its 139-second-long flight spanning 1,191 feet (363 meters) on April 26.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

The stuff NASA does is just so damn impressive.

[–] chksome@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That copter has been awesome to watch. I’d like to think its success will definitely spawn newer, more capable craft to send to mars.

[–] msprout 3 points 1 year ago

It's downright exciting to think that we may be a few more iterations away from having ruggedized vehicles roaming Mars, all times of the year. 🥹

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