Ingenuity’s handlers lost contact with the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) chopper on Thursday (Jan. 18), toward the end of its 72nd flight on Mars.
“Data Ingenuity sent to the Perseverance rover (which acts as a relay between the helicopter and Earth) during the flight indicates it successfully climbed to its assigned maximum altitude of 40 feet (12 meters),” NASA officials wrote in an update on Friday (Jan. 19).
“During its planned descent, communications between the helicopter and rover terminated early, prior to touchdown,” they added. “The Ingenuity team is analyzing available data and considering next steps to reestablish communications with the helicopter.”
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Ingenuity’s handlers lost contact with the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) chopper on Thursday (Jan. 18), toward the end of its 72nd flight on Mars.
“Data Ingenuity sent to the Perseverance rover (which acts as a relay between the helicopter and Earth) during the flight indicates it successfully climbed to its assigned maximum altitude of 40 feet (12 meters),” NASA officials wrote in an update on Friday (Jan. 19).
“During its planned descent, communications between the helicopter and rover terminated early, prior to touchdown,” they added. “The Ingenuity team is analyzing available data and considering next steps to reestablish communications with the helicopter.”