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InSight update, Sol 92, by Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society

Posted on March 4, 2019 by rburnham

The mole did hit a rock. Mars could’ve given us a break, but it didn’t. The HP3 mole started hammering itself today, and almost immediately (after just 5 minutes) appears to have encountered a rock. After four hours of hammering, it … Continue reading →

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InSight deploys heat flow package

Posted on February 13, 2019 by rburnham

NASA’s InSight lander has placed its second instrument on the Martian surface. New images confirm that the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package, or HP3, was successfully deployed on Feb. 12 about 3 feet (1 meter) from InSight’s seismometer, which … Continue reading →

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