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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Next steps include running further diagnostic checks, commanding Ingenuity to take photos of its location on the surface, and performing a spin test. source: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/509/ingenuity-reestablishes-communications/

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[โ€“] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Aww man, I didn't think it was going to end like this! A little chip off the prototype carbon fibre blade has spelled the end :(

[โ€“] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It lost 25% of the rotor (engineering quote)