An illustration depicts the Mars helicopter Ingenuity on the Red Planet. On Thursday, communications ceased with the craft after it made an unplanned landing. Photo courtesy of NASA<\/p>\n
Jan. 22 (UPI) -- NASA has restored contact with its little Perseverance Mars helicopter, which had gone silent after 72nd mission, the space agency said. <\/p>\n
Communication ceased with the vehicle Thursday after its mission. But on Saturday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said on social media that contact had been re-established, and that team members were reviewing fresh data to get a better understanding of what led to the communication blackout. <\/p>\n
The $80 million helicopter craft first landed on Martian surface in April 2021 and was meant to test a powered, controlled mission on a different planet. <\/p>\n
The Ingenuity demonstration was completed after three successful flights and then transitioned to a new operations demonstration phase \"to explore how future rovers and aerial explorers can work together.\" <\/p>\n
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