机智号的立体影像

2023年6月24日

3D Ingenuity
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, ASU

Explanation: The multicolor, stereo imaging Mastcam-Z on the Perseverance rover zoomed in to capture this 3D close-up (get out your red/blue glasses) of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter on mission sol 45. That’s Earth-date 2021 April 5. 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 cold Martian nights and power its flight, sits just above Ingenuity’s two 1.2 meter (4 foot) long counter-rotating blades. Thirteen sols later, on April 19, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to perform powered, controlled flight on another planet. It has since gone on to complete more than 50 flights through the thin atmosphere of Mars.

Tomorrow’s picture: Jovian lightning

机智号的立体影像
影像提供: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, ASU

说明: 请取出你的红/蓝眼镜来，以观赏在出第45个火星日任务的机智号火星直升机、由毅力号火星车的桅杆相机所拍摄之多色3D放大特写影像。以地球历来说，拍照的日期是2021年4月5日。在火星表面投下影子、撑着4条着陆支架的灵巧号，则是孤伶伶的站在火星车轮轨之旁。这部实验直升机为其电池充电及保暖，让它能安渡火星寒夜并提供飞行动力的太阳能板，位于两扇1.2米长的同轴反向旋转翼上方。在拍照后的13个火星日之后，亦即在4月19日，机智号成为第一部在另一个行星进行受控动力飞行的飞机。后来，它更在火星稀薄的大气中完成了50多次飞行。

明日的图片: Jovian lightning