CNN —After 63 days of silence, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter is talking again.
The mission team anticipated that radio silence might occur.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSThat’s because 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.
But Ingenuity has overcome landing on Mars, survived frigid nights, flying on Mars for the first time and numerous record-breaking flights since, and its journey to explore Mars like never before continues.
Persons:
Perseverance, ”, Josh Anderson, ” Anderson, “, ” What’s, It’s, Travis Brown, ” Brown, Ingenuity’s
Organizations:
CNN, NASA, JPL, Caltech, ASU, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Locations:
Pasadena , California