andrealuck, 1 year ago to space

Just a cool reminder that there's currently a helicopter flying around on Mars.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover
Target: Ingenuity
Left and Right Mastcam
April 18, 2023 (Sol 768) 10:41:47

h/t
@Landru79

#Mars #Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/AndreaLuck

2 frames in sequence showing the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity (pretty grey and covered by some dust) waiting for the next fly on the rusty surface of the red planet!

andrealuck, 1 year ago to science

Mars - Valles Marineris, Melas Chasma

Full HD video: https://flic.kr/p/2ouuqFT

Full Zoomable image: https://flic.kr/p/2out3Yx

Mission: ESA Mars Express
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 16638
Time: 2017-02-19
Created processing data from: https://archives.esac.esa.int
Product IDs:
HG638_0000_RE3.IMG
HG638_0000_GR3.IMG
HG638_0000_BL3.IMG

#Mars #Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy
Credit:
ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck

In this animation a very close view of Melas Chasma which is part of the Valles Marineris, the famous Canyon System on Mars. Cliff are really high and can be up to 7 km deep! Colours are from rusty red to kind of grey/bluish on some part of the terrain.

andrealuck, 1 year ago to science

The farthest flyby ever conducted by spacecraft: Arrokoth (the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69) - NASA's New Horizons 2019

Full size video and more info: https://flic.kr/p/2oum62N

Mission: NASA New Horizons
Instrument: Lorri
Start time: 2019-01-01T05:26:50.103
Stop Time: 2019-01-01T05:26:58.128

Product IDs:
lor_0408626328_0x636_eng
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lor_0408626336_0x636_eng

#Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy #Arrokoth #KuiperBelt
Credit:
NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/AndreaLuck

In this video we can see the farthest object ever visited by a spacecraft in the Solar System. The shape resembles a snowman: seems like 2 rounds object attached to each other.

andrealuck, 1 year ago to space

Mars - Cloudy Valles Marineris, Ascraeus and Pavonis Mons

Full HD video: https://flic.kr/p/2otGMpX

Full size zoomable image (4500 × 2570): https://flic.kr/p/2otJ951

Mission: #ESA #MarsExpress
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 17444
Time: 2017-10-12
Product IDs:
HH444_0000_RE3 Used as Red Filter
HH444_0000_GR3 Used as Green Filter
HH444_0000_BL3 Used as Blue Filter

#Mars #Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy
Credit:
ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck

In this animation we can see the 2 volcanoes Ascraeus and Pavonis Mons and the immense Noctis Labyrintus and Valles Marineris, a canyon long as the United States. Colours are the typical rusty red that you would expect on Mars.

andrealuck, 1 year ago to space

Sunset over the incredible icy Mountains of the Sputnik Planum on Pluto - A World in the Kuiper Belt

Suggested to zoom in on the full size image 45MP: https://flic.kr/p/2obHbu3

Mission: #NASA #New Horizons - 2015-07-14 at 18000km

Colourised image created using @GIMP and data processed from @PDSRMS https://opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/view=detail&detail=nh-mvic-mp1_0299181303

OPUS ID:
nh-mvic-mp1_0299181303

More info here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-wows-in-spectacular-new-backlit-panorama

#Pluto #Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Astronomy #Solarocks
NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/AndreaLuck