NASA announced that the InSight spacecraft, which it sent to Mars in 2018, has run out of power. Actually, this was expected. In the statement made by the institution, it was stated that the final end has come and thus the InSight mission has officially ended.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched into space in May 2018. InSight He sent a reconnaissance vehicle. InSight’s target was Mars, and the spacecraft had officially landed on Mars when the calendars sent November 2018. The spacecraft, which has been working on the Red Planet since that day, has been waiting for a while. has officially reached the final. Announcing that all of InSight’s power is gone, NASA announced that the mission has officially ended.
InSight; viewing the surface of Mars, record ground movements and was launched to understand the inner layers of the planet. The spacecraft, which has successfully completed the tasks it has undertaken so far, has also experienced problems from time to time. So much so that InSight, which is drilling on the surface of Mars, is in the mission it undertakes due to the structure of the soil. had failed. Now all of that doesn’t matter.
InSight has run out of power
NASA, InSight all your strength is gone and announced that his communication with the Earth was completely cut off. In fact, this statement has been awaited for a long time. Because NASA knew that the power of the spacecraft was running out. Thus, the task, which has been going on for more than 4 years, is now it’s over.
He had sent a farewell message recently.
*Last photo posted by InSight.
NASA had published a photo and message about InSight a few days ago. That photo you see above is of the Mars explorer. his last selfie was described as. The post from the NASA InSight Twitter account was as follows:
“I’m really low on energy. This might be the last photo I can post. Don’t worry about me. My time here has been both productive and calm. If I can keep talking to my team, I’ll do it. But I’ll be leaving soon. Thanks for being there…”
Although the end of the road has come for InSight, the work on Mars continues actively!
InSight isn’t the only spacecraft NASA has sent to Mars. Launched into space in July 2020 perseverance named spacecraft made a successful landing on Mars in February 2021 and has been working since then.