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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2024 February 10   
      
                   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 first aircraft to achieve   
      powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. Before   
      launch, a small piece of material from the lower-left wing of the   
      Wright Brothers Flyer 1, the first aircraft to achieve powered,   
      controlled flight on planet Earth, was fixed to the underside of   
      Ingenuity's solar panel.   
      
                 Tomorrow's picture: the shadow of a rocket plume   
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