Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 March 6 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. 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 __________________________________________________________________ [14]< | [15]Archive | [16]Submissions | [17]Index | [18]Search | [19]Calendar | [20]RSS | [21]Education | [22]About APOD | [23]Discuss | [24]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [25]Robert Nemiroff ([26]MTU) & [27]Jerry Bonnell ([28]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [29]Specific rights apply. [30]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [31]ASD at [32]NASA / [33]GSFC & [34]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2103/PIA24487.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ 5. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ 6. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-drives-on-mars-terrain-for-first-time 7. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25689/perseverance-is-roving-on-mars/ 8. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/wheels/ 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/ 12. https://mars.nasa.gov/ 13. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/chandrasonify 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210305.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 18. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 23. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210306 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210307.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 27. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 28. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 30. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 31. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 32. https://www.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 34. http://www.mtu.edu/