Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2021 March 6
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                          Perseverance Takes a Spin
             Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JPL-Caltech, [5]Mars 2020

   Explanation: After arriving at Jezero Crater on Mars, [6]Perseverance
   went for a spin on March 4. [7]This sharp image from the car-sized
   rover's Navcam shows tracks left by its [8]wheels in the martian soil.
   In preparation for operations on the surface of the Red Planet, its
   first drive lasted about 33 minutes. On a short and successful test
   drive [9]Perseverance moved forward 4 meters, made a 150 degree turn,
   backed up for 2.5 meters, and now occupies a different [10]parking
   space at its newly christened [11]Octavia E. Butler Landing location.
   Though the total travel distance of the rover's first outing was about
   6.5 meters (21 feet), regular commutes of 200 meters or more [12]can be
   expected in the future.

   Please take a short survey in aesthetics & astronomy: [13]Sonification
               Tomorrow's picture: stellar nursery in infrared
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   9. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25698/perseverance-drive-visualization/
  10. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25698/perseverance-drive-visualization/
  11. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25701/welcome-to-octavia-e-butler-landing/
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