Wednesday 26 February 2020

NASA has a new idea to get the InSight lander's 'mole' on Mars digging again

NASA has a new idea to get the InSight lander's 'mole' on Mars digging again

The "mole" aboard NASA's Mars InSight lander is about to get yet another push. The mole — a self-hammering tool designed to get InSight's burrowing heat probe at least 10 feet (3 meters) underground — hasn't made much downward progress since its deployment on the Red Planet's surface in February 2019.

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