Ingenuity Phones Home: Mars Chopper Breaks Silence, Communicates Back to Earth After 2 Months

Mars helicopter went dark for two months before it sent back a message.

Ingenuity Phones Home: Mars Chopper Breaks Silence, Communicates Back to Earth After 2 Months
JPL engineers say Ingenuity’s radio silence was because it lost its line of sight with Perseverance. NASA/JPL-Caltech via Getty Images
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