domingo, 23 de agosto de 2020

APOD: 2020 July 31 - Mars 2020 from 5,000 Feet

APOD: 2020 July 31 - Mars 2020 from 5,000 Feet

Mars 2020 from 5,000 Feet
Image Credit & Copyright: John Kraus

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Explanation: On Thursday this snapshot from a small plane 5,000 feet above Florida's Space Coast caught a rocket's trail rising into the blue morning sky. It was July's third launch of a mission from planet Earth bound for Mars. The Atlas V rocket left Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Space Launch Complex 41 at 7:50am EDT carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. The car-sized Perseverance is headed for a landing at Jezero Crater on the Red Planet in February 2021. On board the sophisticated rover is the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

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