机智号毁损转子叶片的影子

机智号毁损转子叶片的影子

2024年2月10日 The Shadow of Ingenuity’s Damaged Rotor Blade Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Ingenuity Explanation: On January 18, 2024, during its 72nd flight in the thin Martian atmosphere, autonomous Mars Helicopter Ingenuity rose to an altitude of 12 meters (40 feet) and hovered for 4.5 seconds above the Red Planet. Ingenuity’s 72nd landing was a rough one though. During descent it lost contact with the Perseverance rover about 1 meter above the Martian surface. Ingenuity was able to transmit this image after contact was re-established, showing the shadow of one of its rotor blades likely damaged during landing. And so, after wildly exceeding expectations during over 1,000 days of exploring Mars, the history-making Ingenuity has ended its flight operations. Nicknamed Ginny, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity became the…

旋掠而过的火星尘暴

旋掠而过的火星尘暴

2023年11月7日 A Martian Dust Devil Spins By Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Perseverance Rover; AI processing: PipploIMP Explanation: It moved across the surface of Mars — what was it? A dust devil. Such spinning columns of rising air are heated by the warm surface and are also common in warm and dry areas on planet Earth. Typically lasting only a few minutes, dust devils become visible as they pick up loose red-colored dust, leaving the darker and heavier sand beneath intact. Dust devils not only look cool — they can leave visible trails, and have been credited with unexpected cleanings of the surfaces of solar panels. The images in the featured AI-interpolated video were captured in early August by the Perseverance rover currently searching for signs…

火星上空5公尺

火星上空5公尺

2023年8月10日 Five Meters over Mars Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Ingenuity Explanation: On mission sol 872 (Earth date August 3) Ingenuity snapped this sharp image on its 54th flight above the surface of the Red Planet. During the flight the Mars Helicopter hovered about 5 meters, or just over 16 feet, above the Jezero crater floor. Tips of Ingenuity’s landing legs peek over the left and right edges in the camera’s field of view. Tracks visible near the upper right corner lead to the Perseverance Mars Rover, seen looking on from a distance at the top right edge of the frame. Planned as a brief “pop-up” flight, Ingenuity’s 54th flight lasted less than 25 seconds. It followed Ingenuity’s 53rd flight made on July 22 that resulted…