Insight Lander

NASA has called off its two-year-old ambitious mission to dig up the Martian surface after its heat probe mole failed to dig more than 2-3 centimetres. NASA's 'Mars Mole' was deployed by Insight Lander in February 2019, to dig 16 feet and study the planet's deep internal structure including temperature. Reportedly, the Martian soil was too thick, and accumulation of dust on the rover's solar panel is disrupting power-generation for digging.… read-more