Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2021 April 8
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                                3D Ingenuity
           Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JPL-Caltech, [5]MSSS, [6]ASU

   Explanation: The multicolor, stereo imaging [7]Mastcam-Z on the
   Perseverance rover [8]zoomed in to captured this 3D close-up (get out
   your red/blue glasses) of the [9]Mars Ingenuity helicopter on mission
   sol 45, April 5. That's only a few sols before the [10]technology
   demonstrating Ingenuity will attempt to fly in the thin martian
   atmosphere, making the first powered flight on another planet. [11]The
   historic test flight is planned for no earlier than Sunday, April 11.
   Casting its shadow on the martian surface, Ingenuity is standing alone
   on four landing legs next to the rover's wheel tracks. The experimental
   helicopter's solar panel, charging batteries that keep it warm through
   the [12]cold martian nights and power its flight, sits above its two
   1.2 meter (4 foot) long counter-rotating blades.

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    Authors & editors: [24]Robert Nemiroff ([25]MTU) & [26]Jerry Bonnell
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   3. https://www.nasa.gov/
   4. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
   5. http://www.msss.com/
   6. https://mastcamz.asu.edu/
   7. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/mastcam-z/for-scientists/
   8. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24547
   9. https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/
  10. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter
  11. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-public-to-take-flight-with-ingenuity-mars-helicopter
  12. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8906/nasas-mars-helicopter-survives-first-cold-martian-night-on-its-own/
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  22. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210408
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