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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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[โ€“] partial_accumen 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"The Perseverance rover is currently too far away to attempt to image the helicopter at its final airfield."

Though we can't come to you to say "goodbye", have a good rest little one, your job is over. You did so much more than we expected of you. You made us proud.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

~~IIRC that "little one" is the size of a car or minivan.~~ Ingenuity isn't the big one.