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NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days (www.france24.com)
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[โ€“] Ambiorickx 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume this means the hill moved? How did they reestablish contact?

[โ€“] Lando 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-breaks-63-day-silence โ€œ All communications to and from Ingenuity must be routed through Perseverance. That explains the recent silent spell, which the two mission teams had expected: The rover had disappeared behind a hill from the helicopter's perspective, and it didn't come back into view until June 28.โ€

The rover Ingenuity moved

[โ€“] Ambiorickx 6 points 1 year ago

That is a much more sensible explanation, although mine offers a lot more opportunities for a sci-fi horror flick