The HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently sent home eye-catching views of the agency’s InSight lander and its Curiosity rover. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hirise-views-nasa-insight-curiosity.html…
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NASA’s push to save the Mars InSight lander’s heat probe
NASA’s InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars, positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the spacecraft’s self-hammering heat probe. Known as “the mole,” the probe has been unable to dig more than about 14 inches (35 centimeters) since it began burying itself into the ground on Feb. 28, 2019. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-nasa-mars-insight-lander-probe.html…
Listen to the sounds of Mars
Here are some of the noises picked up by NASA’s Insight spacecraft since it landed on Mars almost a year ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/insight-lander-sounds-mars-listen-audio…
InSight lander records eerie sounds on Mars
NASA scientists have released new audio clips of the otherworldly sounds picked up on the Martian surface. While we have long been treated to stunning… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330945/insight-lander-records-eerie-sounds-on-mars…
NASA lander captures marsquakes, other Martian sounds
NASA’s InSight lander on Mars has captured the low rumble of marsquakes and a symphony of other otherworldly sounds. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-nasa-lander-captures-marsquakes-martian.html…
Mysterious Magnetic Pulses Discovered On Mars
Initial results from NASA’s InSight lander suggest that Mars’ magnetic field wobbles in inexplicable ways at night, hinting that the red planet may host a global reservoir of liquid water deep below the surface. National Geographic reports: In addition to the odd magnetic pulsations, the lander’s data show that the Martian crust is far more powerfully magnetic than scientists expected. What’s…
The sun is between us and Mars now
So we can’t see Mars in our night sky. But, more importantly for NASA, beginning this week, space engineers won’t be able to risk sending commands to our fleet of spacecraft at Mars. What happens instead? Watch this video. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-solar-conjunction-sept-2-2019-spacecraft-protocol…
What does a marsquake feel like?
Quakes look and feel different depending on the material their seismic waves pass through. This new video compares marsquakes to moonquakes and quakes here on Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/what-does-marsquake-feel-like-video…
Today in 2003: Opportunity blasts off to Mars
NASA’s Opportunity rover spent some 15 years exploring Mars. It surpassed all expectations for its endurance and longevity, to become one of the most successful planetary missions. Then it went silent. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-nasa-rover-opportunity-blasts-off-to-mars…
Slow progress: NASA’s still trying to get inSight’s Mole working again
The InSight lander has been on Mars for 213 Sols on its mission to understand the interior of the red planet. It’s armed with a seismometer, a temperature and wind sensor, and other instruments. But it’s primary instrument, arguably, is the Mole, or the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3.) And the Mole has been stuck for a while now….