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. 2023 June 24 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. 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 capture this 3D close-up (get out your red/blue glasses) of the [9]Mars Ingenuity helicopter on mission sol 45. That's Earth-date 2021 April 5. [10]Casting a shadow on the Martian surface, Ingenuity is standing alone on its four landing legs next to the rover's wheel tracks. The experimental helicopter's solar panel, charging batteries that keep it warm through the [11]cold Martian nights and power its flight, sits just above Ingenuity's two 1.2 meter (4 foot) long counter-rotating blades. [12]Thirteen sols later, on April 19, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to perform powered, controlled flight on another planet. [13]It has since gone on to complete more than 50 flights through the thin atmosphere of Mars. Tomorrow's picture: Jovian lightning __________________________________________________________________ [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/2306/PIA24547_fig1.jpg 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://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/?begin_sol=58&end_sol=58&af=HELI_NAV,HELI_RTE 11. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8906/nasas-mars-helicopter-survives-first-cold-martian-night-on-its-own/ 12. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/videos/?v=535 13. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9421/landing-in-living-rooms-lego-models-of-nasa-mars-rover-and-helicopter/ 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230623.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=230624 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230625.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/