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NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander after 4-year mission

NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the U.S. space agency announced on Wednesday.

Reuters

This NASA lander mission to Mars is over. Here's why

NASA's InSight lander on Mars has not communicated back, signaling the end of the mission.

Axios

NASA’s InSight lander just sent its final image from Mars, and the darkness is closing in

After 4 years, NASA's Mars lander is running out of power. Its days are officially numbered.

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Goodnight, sweet spacecraft: NASA's InSight lander may have just signed off from Mars

InSight's end has long been in sight, with NASA warning that it would likely be inoperative by the end of the year. The lander went quiet this weekend and shared a tweet it said might be its last.

WEKU

Mars rover 'makes people cry' after broadcasting tragic message on social media

NASA's Mars rover has recently made social media users shed a tear after it broadcast a tragic message on Monday, December 19, whilst on a mission on the Red Planet

Daily Mirror

NASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after 4 years

It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander on Mars

The Independent UK

We Can Make It To Mars Without NASA

"We can—and should—develop space without government help," says Reason Foundation's Robert W. Poole.

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'This may be the last image I can send' - sad message from Mars leaves people in tears

Scientists have been using the robot since 2018 as part of their work examining the planet

Wales Online

'This may be the last image I can send': NASA's InSight Mars lander posts emotional farewell

InSight's four-year mission is winding down as Martian dust covers the lander's solar panels, draining its power.

ABC News

Michael Hiltzik: Is this my last post about Elon Musk, Twitter boss?

Back in the prehistoric era (2016), a small group of Times reporters and editors, including myself, met with Elon Musk at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne.

Los Angeles Times

‘My power’s really low’: Nasa’s Insight Mars lander prepares to sign off from the Red Planet

Robot says it might be sending its last message from Mars as dust chokes out its power supply

The Guardian - AU

This overlooked resource could be the key to powering a Mars colony — study

Despite the near-nil atmospheric pressure, Mars has enough wind to fall back on.

Inverse

Dust collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover could reveal Martian climate secrets

The Perseverance is collecting Martian dust to help scientists understand how the planet's climate evolved and how the surface changed over time.

Inverse

45 years ago, an underrated sci-fi movie accidentally fueled a real-life conspiracy theory

'Capricorn One' isn't a horrible movie. Too bad some people took it seriously. Here's why the movie is worth your time 45 years later. Or is it 44 years?

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Daily Mirror

Listen as Mars dust storm engulfs the Nasa Perseverance rover in eerie recording

An eerie recording has been released of a towering dust storm on Mars engulfing the Nasa Perseverance rover, revealing brand new information about the dust on the Red Planet

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mars Rover Captures 1st Sound of Dust Devil on Red Planet

What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of…

Inverse

Listen: Perseverance rover captures audio of a Mars dust devil passing right over it

Behold the sound of a dust devil on Mars as it strikes the NASA Perseverance rover. The rover didn't see the dust devil, but picked it up on several instruments.

The Independent UK

Mars rover captures 1st sound of dust devil on red planet

A NASA rover on Mars by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed overhead last year and caught the sound

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The Conversation

What does Mars sound like? Rover microphone has recorded the red planet's dust devils

A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill.

The Conversation

Get ready, a spectacular meteor shower is hitting our skies in the next few days

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… not because Christmas is coming, but because it’s time for the Geminid meteor shower – an annual spectacle to bring joy and good cheer to all!

Inverse

Solar wind may have forged water on the Moon — exactly where future NASA missions will need it

The regolith itself contains a stockpile of hydrogen and water thanks to solar wind, and it's most abundant at the lunar poles, says a study of Chang'e-5 samples.

Fortune

Elon Musk says getting booed by Dave Chappelle fans was ‘a first for me in real life,’ suggesting he’s just becoming aware of a building backlash

Musk attributed the boos to “unhinged leftists."

Daily Record

Teacher reveals the Christmas gifts they love and hate receiving from kids

Lucinda Chambers says she has received many weird and wonderful gifts from pupils including a half-eaten mars bar and an engagement ring.

The Conversation

Canada's space technology and innovations are a crucial contribution to the Artemis missions

Fifty years ago this month was the last time humans walked on the surface of the moon, during the Apollo 17 mission. NASA recently took the first major step in returning humans to the moon with the Artemis I mission.

Inverse

A small but crucial space project could take Mars exploration to the next level

When it comes to “on the ground” exploration of Mars, rovers make pretty good advance scouts.

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