NASA InSight Mars Lander

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Apparently the mission team wants to put soil on top of the cable going to the seismometer to reduce vibration noise.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1366397149039235080

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1371227856341065737

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You’ll notice I dropped this first scoopful onto the seismometer’s wind cover, rather than on the tether itself. That’s so it could spill off gently onto the tether without affecting the cover’s seal against the ground.

 

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Mars Becomes The First Inner Planet After Earth To Have Its Core Measured

NASA's InSight Mars Lander measures for the first time the core of another rocky body apart Earth and Moon.

www.forbes.com

 

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Mysterious rumblings from inside of Mars detected by NASA lander

The space agency's scientists believe the seismic events are caused by a sudden release of energy from the planet's interior.

news.sky.com

 

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Mars’s core has been measured — and it’s surprisingly large
Mars becomes the first inner planet after Earth to have the size of its core estimated with seismology.

Mars’s core has been measured — and it’s surprisingly large

Mars becomes the first inner planet after Earth to have the size of its core estimated with seismology.

www.nature.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander

"We would be hopeful that we'd be able to bring it back to life, especially if it's not asleep or dead for a long period of time. But that would be a dicey situation."

futurism.com

 

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NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander

"We would be hopeful that we'd be able to bring it back to life, especially if it's not asleep or dead for a long period of time. But that would be a dicey situation."

futurism.com

It is not looking good with the Mars InSight lander, with all the trouble with the Mole and now this issue with not being able to collect enough power due to the solar panels being caked in so much dust that it may put the whole mission in jeopardy. It would be sad to lose InSight due to the dust issue.