NASA's Mars InSight uploads its (probably) final image, shares it in a tweet
, the probe landed in 2018 and has since done sterling work investigating the red planet's interior and geology.
But the probe – which is a lander, not a rover, and therefore does not move – has no facility to shake off dust that has accumulated on its solar panels and savagely reduced their efficiency. That sad fact left the probe without energy to run its full suite of instruments and made communication with Earth tricky.On Tuesday, US time, the lander confirmed it's not long for the world it inhabits.
My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.
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