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NASA “mole’s” attempts to dig into Mars failed. What’s next? – EarthSky
The mission team for NASA’s InSight lander called off its attempts to try to dig deeper into Mars with the heat probe known as
Here’s the NASA’s InSight lander’s heat probe – nicknamed “the mole” – on October 3, 2020, when the spike-like mole was still trying to burrow into the red Martian soil. The copper-colored ribbon attached to the mole has sensors to measure the planet’s heat flow. Now NASA engineers have called a halt to this part of the mission. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech.
One key aspect of NASA’s InSight mission on Mars sadly came to an end last week. NASA announced that InSight’s HP3 heat probe – aka the mole…
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