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The Ingenuity Helicopter Has Vertigo
In the process of setting up the Ingenuity helicopter for its next flight on Mars, NASA engineers found a problem: One of the helicopter’s navigation sensors is not working.
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Went Silent, Leaving Anxious NASA Team in the Dark
Late last week, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter managed to reestablish its connection with the Perseverance rover following a brief communications disruption. The space agency says the looming winter is likely responsible and is making adjustments as a result.
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NASA Denies It Used the Doomed Log4j in Its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter
Did log4j, the buggy software utility from hell, get NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter hacked? The answer is: Nope — according to NASA, it doesn’t even use the doomed tool.
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The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Is Going Back to Where It All Started
NASA confirmed yesterday that the Ingenuity helicopter completed its 15th flight on Mars, a 128.8-second jaunt that begins the chopper’s trip back to its original airfield. On the flight just before this latest one, Ingenuity flew at 2,700 rpm, a faster spin rate that gives NASA scientists confidence that the rotorcraft will be able to…