The dust-covered probe will focus on collecting data during its final months on Mars.
The selfies are mosaics, meaning they’re stitched together from multiple images, each of which requires the lander’s camera-carrying robotic arm to be in a different position. With dwindling power supply, the selfies simply aren’t worth the drain on the batteries, and the robotic arm will be moved into its resting position this month, according to NASA.
Kathya Zamora Garcia, the Deputy Project Manager for InSight, said in last week’s press conference that the lander’s scientific operations could end as soon as mid-July, but that the Martian climate is unpredictable.However much time InSight has left, we likely won’t see the lander in such an exquisite panorama again.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
China's Mars rover was just forced to enter safe modeChina's Zhurong Mars rover was forced to enter safe mode in the wake of a severe dust storm. And it could remain so until the end of 2022.
Read more »
The 'Doorway on Mars' is More Like a Dog DoorMars Curiosity is examining fractured and eroded rocks. One fracture looks like a doorway on Mars, but it's only the size of a dog door.
Read more »
Early Memorial Day deal: get 33% off the Terraforming Mars board gameSave over $20 on the epic space board game in an out-of-this-world deal just ahead of the Memorial Day celebrations.
Read more »
NASA shows off early plans to send astronauts to Mars for 30 daysNASA has early plans to send astronauts to Mars for 30 days
Read more »
United Nations celebrates Mars missions on new postage stampsThe UN stamps feature three missions that arrived at the Red Planet in 2021.
Read more »
Could people breathe the air on Mars?I am currently a first year geology PhD Student at the University of Florida. Under the tutelage of phenomenal scientist, Dr. Amy Williams, I am studying iron reducing bacteria as a biological marker for life on Mars.
Read more »