InSight is Losing Power, it Probably Will be Shut Down in a Few Months By Nancy_A
“One of InSight’s legacies is that it really proves the technique of seismology for planetary science,” said Bruce Banerdt, InSight Principal Investigator, during the press conference. “We’ve been able to map out the inside of Mars for the first time in history.”
The Mars InSight lander poured martian regolith on its solar panels in a unique experiment, which worked! Credit: NASA The dust accumulation will likely only worsen as Mars now enters winter, when more dust is aloft in the atmosphere and less sunlight will be available. The team said that if just 25% of InSight’s panels were swept clean by the wind, the lander would gain about 1,000 watt-hours per sol – enough to continue collecting science. However, at the current rate power is declining, InSight’s non-seismic instruments will rarely be turned on after the end of May.
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