The days are numbered for NASA's InSight lander on Mars. That also spells the end for ForeSight, its doppelganger at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil.
That prospect also spells the end for ForeSight, Insight’s counterpart at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. The In-Situ Instrument Laboratory at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was home to ForeSight, the twin of InSight. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, who worked on the NASA’s Mars InSight project since its early days, holds a model of the lander’s seismometer.
They lifted ForeSight on a platform and brought in an extra box of fake Mars dirt for the replica probe to dig in. Again and again they tried alternative angles that might allow the mole to gain traction without damaging its delicate tether.
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