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Aware of its impending demise, NASA's Insight Lander shot what may have been its final image of Mars.
In this Slogging thread, our community discussed the end of NASA's amazing Insight Lander.
This Slogging thread by Valentine Enedah, Mónica Freitas, Sara Pinto and Marco Sullivan occurred in slogging's official #space channel, and has been edited for readability.
NASA’s Insight Lander Sent Its Last Mars Photo
In 2018, NASA launched the Mars lander on a mission that had been planned to last for two years. In contrast, the little lander kept going for longer years, capturing images and gathering information about Mars' innards for four years.
The landers' power level was just a tenth of what it had been at launch because InSight's solar panels had been severely compromised by Mars' red dust, which had covered them.
Despite the problems with its drill, the mission of Insight can generally be deemed successful. Over 1,300 Martian earthquakes were picked up by the lander, which also collected weather data, looked into Mars' liquid core, and assisted with the mapping of the planets' internal geology.
Now that InSight has finally given up after years of never-ending labor, it will die on its own.
What do you think?
Mónica Freitas I also thought about that when I first read the article.😂
It has been able to generate so many images.
I think we need more landers to explore more planets. What planet would you love to see more insightful images??
Valentine Enedah The insight Lander may have shared so many pictures of hope.
The possibility that we can have life on Mars.
I bid thee farewell as you journey into the land of no return.
How did you like my speech?😂
But realistically speaking, Technology has really advanced in the long run.
Mónica Freitas Yes!🔥
Don't you love Star trek?