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Hell Yes, InSight’s Heat Probe Is Now Completely Buried on Mars – Gizmodo Australia

There’s some happy news to report from the Red Planet, as the stubborn Mars InSight heat probe, known as “the mole,” is now completely buried. It’s an encouragi…

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Theres some happy news to report from the Red Planet, as the stubborn Mars InSight heat probe, known as the mole, is now completely buried. Its an encouraging development, as the surrounding dirt could coax the device into drilling deeper through the Martian crust.
The ongoing saga of the InSight landers Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package has taken an important turn, or at least we hope. The self-hammering drill, built by the German space agency (DLR) and operated by NASAs Jet Propulsion…

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