NASA’s Perseverance rover, which launched early Thursday morning, is suffering from a minor communications issue, NASA confirmed.
The spacecraft carrying NASA’s Perseverance rover, launched successfully early Thursday morning, is suffering from a minor communications issue, NASA confirmed.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced there was a small communication issue, but reassured the public that the spacecraft is healthy and on the correct trajectory.
He described the communications issue as something that NASA has seen in the past with other Mars missions.
“We’re using the Deep Space Network to receive the signals from the spacecraft right now,” Bridenstine explained. “Well, the Deep Space Network is a very sensitive receiver, it’s designed to capture very faint signals from deep space. And the spacecraft right now — yes, it’s in deep space, it’s a good distance from the Earth — but it is not the distance we would normally be receiving from using the Deep Space Network.
