Posted on Apr 3, 2021
APOD: 2021 April 3 - Ingenuity on Sol 39
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Ingenuity on Sol 39." We see Ingenuity hanging from the Perseverance rover in this composite photo. On Wednesday (March 31st), controllers delayed the first attempted flight of Ingenuity to no earlier than April 11h (a week from tomorrow). As you may remember, the helicopter is a technology demonstration and will likely pave the way for using similar vehicles on future missions. One of these is Dragonfly, which will send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan (the largest moon of Saturn). Launch date is tentatively scheduled for 2027.
APOD: 2021 April 3 - Ingenuity on Sol 39
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, April 3, 2021 entitled "Ingenuity on Sol 39."
Images: Ingenuity on Sol 39 - Image Credit - NASA - JPL-Caltech - MSSS
APOD Background
Explanation: The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter, all four landing legs down, was captured here on sol 39 (March 30) slung beneath the belly of the Perseverance rover. The near ground level view is a mosaic of images from the WATSON camera on the rover's SHERLOC robotic arm. Near the center of the frame the experimental helicopter is suspended just a few centimeters above the Martian surface. Tracks from Perseverance extend beyond the rover's wheels with the rim of Jezero crater visible about 2 kilometers in the distance. Ingenuity has a weight of 1.8 kilograms or 4 pounds on Earth. That corresponds to a weight of 0.68 kilograms or 1.5 pounds on Mars. With rotor blades spanning 1.2 meters it will attempt to make the first powered flight of an aircraft on another planet in the thin Martian atmosphere, 1 percent as dense as Earth's, no earlier than sol 48 (April 8).
Girls From Mars - Blue Drag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VBFGi5yoIo
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SMSgt David A Asbury A1C Riley Sanders SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan
Images: Ingenuity on Sol 39 - Image Credit - NASA - JPL-Caltech - MSSS
APOD Background
Explanation: The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter, all four landing legs down, was captured here on sol 39 (March 30) slung beneath the belly of the Perseverance rover. The near ground level view is a mosaic of images from the WATSON camera on the rover's SHERLOC robotic arm. Near the center of the frame the experimental helicopter is suspended just a few centimeters above the Martian surface. Tracks from Perseverance extend beyond the rover's wheels with the rim of Jezero crater visible about 2 kilometers in the distance. Ingenuity has a weight of 1.8 kilograms or 4 pounds on Earth. That corresponds to a weight of 0.68 kilograms or 1.5 pounds on Mars. With rotor blades spanning 1.2 meters it will attempt to make the first powered flight of an aircraft on another planet in the thin Martian atmosphere, 1 percent as dense as Earth's, no earlier than sol 48 (April 8).
Girls From Mars - Blue Drag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VBFGi5yoIo
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SMSgt David A Asbury A1C Riley Sanders SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan
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Girls From Mars It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
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Girls From Mars It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxBCyXGIj8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxBCyXGIj8
FYI CSM Bruce TregoSPC Woody Bullard CPL Douglas ChryslerCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSSG Jimmy CernichSSG Paul Headlee SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CWO3 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Randy Zimmerman Sgt Albert Castro Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SSgt Clare May SPC Diana D. Capt Christian D. Orr
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Good "Saturday" Morning my friend and Astronomy Enthusiast Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - another great APOD share this morning titled: "Ingenuity on Sol 39." Have a great day Bill!
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