The InSight vehicle sent by NASA to Mars is saying goodbye to its mission on Mars early. The vehicle, which successfully landed on the red planet at the end of 2018, could not perform the desired missions. The spacecraft, which had several failed attempts during its mission on Mars, could not win the fight under harsh conditions.
The InSight vehicle produces only one-tenth of the daily energy
NASA’s $813 million InSight taskends early on Mars. In the solar panels that power InSight dust puddle This caused the vehicle to lose power. The vehicle today can only use the daily energy it generates at the start of the mission. one tenth produces.
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NASA previously granted approval to run InSight through December 2022. However, agency officials made a statement at a press conference on Tuesday. In this statement, the power levels until the end of summer He stated that they expect it to drop further and that they will permanently terminate the science operations of the all-terrain vehicle.
Task manager Kathya Zamora Garcia He added the following sentences: “Based on our current energy level, I’ll do it around mid-July, maybe early July.” He also stressed that the timetable is uncertain and may change depending on the weather.
Since it landed on Mars in 2018 InSight seismometer, More than 1,300 Martian earthquakes and several thousand dust devil Has detected. Seismic waves from this earthquake revealed that the Martian crust is drier than scientists thought.
Despite this farewell, scientists will continue to analyze the data of the Mars InSight vehicle in the coming years. While InSight has achieved its goal of examining the deep interior of Mars, the final year of its research on the planet has been interrupted to conserve power. Also, leading the Bruce Banerdtin his statement, stated that this task is very valuable.
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