They reestablished contact on the 20th.
What’s not out there yet is an update about what happened or why.
But they did get the flight data back which they put up on the flight log a short time before I posted the thread (under an hour).
I kind of suspect that because the data stream cut off mid-flight, they thought Ginny had suffered a catastrophic event. Also in the mix is that Flight 71 cut itself short, so 72 was intended to check positioning with a short pop-up.
Then the phone line went dead.
They thought it worth posting an update about it.
Not unusual for there to be comm delays based on terrain or distance from the rover or space weather, but this was different.
Mars2020 launched on July 30, 2020 so hopefully Ginny evaded the vax, because otherwise we’d really have to worry about “suddenly”!
After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing and it is no longer capable of flight.