Long-awaited message from Mars: NASA received an important signal from the Red Planet

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity sent a signal to Earth after 63 days of silence. Due to rough terrain, the aircraft was unable to communicate with its partner, the Perseverance navigator. But now the two-month period of radio silence is over, Space writes.

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Scientists on Earth received the long-awaited signal from the Ingenuity helicopter on June 28, according to a new report from NASA. However, this information was made public only a few days later.

NASA officials said they have received such a message from the plane for the first time since Ingenuity’s 52nd flight to Mars, which was disabled on April 26. Today, the helicopter was able to transmit a signal to Earth via the Perseverance rover, with which they discovered the Lake Lake crater on the Red Planet.

According to scientists, the part of the Jezero Lake crater where the two spacecraft are currently located has many sections of rough terrain, which increases the likelihood of communication loss. The helicopter should always be further away from the rover, and during this time communication can sometimes be lost, but now scientists have been able to obtain important data on the results of the 52nd flight to Mars, as well as confirmation that the aircraft is operational.

According to NASA, Ingenuity was able to cover a distance of 363 meters in 139 seconds in its last mission to date to the diluted atmosphere of Mars.

The data shows that Ingenuity is operating normally and if further checks confirm this, the helicopter could fly again in the next few weeks.

Since February 2021, the Ingenuity helicopter and Perseverance rover have been surveying the surface of Mars in the Jezero Lake crater. The main mission of the helicopter consisted of five flights, but later the scientists expanded this mission, and despite various difficulties, Ingenuity “fulfilled” the plan by 10 times. His mission now is to help the rover find the best and safest ways to move further around the Red Planet.

However, the helicopter remains in contact with Earth only with the help of the Perseverance rover, and if terrain features interfere with it, the connection is cut. As already written FocusIn early April this year, the Ingenuity helicopter went silent for almost a week, making NASA scientists very worried about the success of the mission.

Focus He also wrote that Perseverance stumbled upon a very unusual object from outer space, according to scientists, on Mars.

Also, according to a new study, liquid water on Mars has recently disappeared, as expected, and will reappear on the Red Planet, as I wrote earlier, under favorable conditions. Focus.