Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars after 63-day silence

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Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars after 63-day silence

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From CNN:
"CNN — After 63 days of silence, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter is talking again."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/world/in ... index.html

WHEW!

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From SpaceExplored.com:
"Confirmed: Mars helicopter still alive"

https://spaceexplored.com/2023/07/03/co ... ill-alive/

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Good news!
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Sorry, first thing that popped into my head :P
Good to see the heli is still going. With Mars exploration it seems things last 3 minutes or years past their best before date.
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Hi Stephen. It looks like the Ingenuity helicopter and Perseverance rover lost signal contact with each other for awhile due to the Martian terrain. But, it is great news that there was finally a "Can you hear me now?" call and communications are working again. Thanks for finding and sharing these excellent space exploration news links with us Stephen and keep up the good reporting work.
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It reminds me of my children who can sometimes take days to give signs of life lol, thx.
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