The Ingenuity mini-helicopter sent by NASA to the planet Mars has resumed communication with the Mars rover Perseverance after a two-month break in radio communication, the US space agency said on Friday.

Ingenuity made its 52nd flyby of Mars on April 26, but mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California lost contact with the helicopter as it began its descent to land on the Martian crust, Agerpres reported, citing Xinhua.

The mission’s technical team expected a communication disruption because there was a hill between the Ingenuity landing site and the Perseverance rover site that blocked communication between the two devices.

The Perseverance rover acts as a radio relay between the helicopter and mission controllers at JPL.

According to NASA officials, contact was restored on June 28 when Perseverance climbed that hill and was able to “see” it again on the Ingenuity helicopter.

According to NASA, if Ingenuity’s remaining health checks are satisfactory, the small helicopter will be able to fly again within the next two weeks.

Ingenuity arrived at the Martian Crater Lake perimeter on February 18, 2021, attached to the hold of the Perseverance rover. The American mini-helicopter, which then separated from the rover, uses a demonstration technology that for the first time in history tested the power of the vehicle’s flight on another planet.