JPL Mars Helicopter Scout

The Ingenuity helicopter paved new ground (air?) in April 2019, when it communicated data of its first flight—the first powered, controlled flight on another planet—to NASA scientists on Earth.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewBut now, it seems Ingenuity isn’t interested in communicating with its engineering team at all; as of late, the Mars helicopter has only communicated with NASA scientists intermittently and unpredictably.The communication breakdown is making it difficult…

Ingenuity’s navigation camera (NavCam) caught the debris, which can be seen in the bottom right of this image.Gif: NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA’s Ingenuity helicopter just completed its 33rd flight on Mars, and this one featured an unexpected twist: unidentified debris stuck to one of its lander legs.Ingenuity’s navigation camera, or NavCam, captured images of the hitchhiker during the aerial jaunt on September 24, NASA wrote in a status update. Images show the helicopter taking off with the debris dangling from one of itslegs,…