NASA loses, and then recovers, contact with its historic Mars helicopter

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From Ars Technica:
"The US space agency prompted widespread dismay in the spaceflight community on Friday evening when it announced that communication had been lost with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter during its most recent flight on Thursday, January 18.
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However, by Saturday, there was a more hopeful update from NASA. On the social media site X, the agency said: "Good news today: We've reestablished contact with the #MarsHelicopter after instructing @NASAPersevere to perform long-duration listening sessions for Ingenuity’s signal." "

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/n ... elicopter/

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Very nice to hear (pun intended).