Pic of rover Perseverance and info on its comm links, to earth, to orbiters and to Ingenuity.

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1. AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 01:37:23 UTC AkaSci 🛰️

   Not a good day for space missions 😞

   During a short up and down Flight 72, Mars helicopter Ingenuity lost its comm link with rover Perseverance. NASA engineers are working on restoring it.

   This follows Flight 71 on Jan 6 which made an emergency landing 35 seconds into a 125 sec flight; apparently the relatively featureless sandy terrain proved difficult for its navigation system.

   Meanwhile, Voyager 1 is still sending garbled data.

   Stay tuned.

   https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/508/flight-72-status-update/
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