NASA has shared the ‘final selfie’ of the InSight Mars lander on Instagram. This post going viral may surprise you.
Trending News: Since the arrival of NASA’s InSight Mars lander on the Red Planet in 2018, a lot of important information about our enigmatic neighbor planet has been sent back here. NASA often shares information about this lander from time to time through its social media account.
More recently, NASA has shared a new post that is showing the “Final Selfie” of the InSight Mars Lander. Along with sharing the selfie of the lander, NASA has also written some lines as a caption. The Hindi translation of what the post read reads, “Dust in the air. Swipe to see what 1,211 Mars days, or sols, would look like when exposed to the elements of Mars.” NASA has also shared two pictures with this post. One of these pictures is from the time when the lander started its journey and the other picture is recent which shows its current position.
The post further read, “Our InSight Mars lander took its last selfie with a layer of dust on April 24, 2022, and the second image shows the lander after operating at a limited capacity, which is a long time ago. Unable to generate power level. In the next few lines, the Space Agency (NASA) has talked about the journey of the lander.
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what is its job
“On November 26, 2018, the InSight Mars lander arrived at Mars, powered by solar panels and outfitted with instruments designed to measure the interior of Mars,” NASA stated. The lander captured weather data and Mars. Recorded studies of older remains. Magnetic fields, as well as earthquake analysis, helped scientists measure the depth and composition of Mars’ upper crust, mantle, and core.”
In the post, NASA further explained that “Since achieving its mission goals in its first Mars year (two Earth years), InSight has operated in an extended mission phase. As less and less power is available, the lander will Power should be prioritized for the K seismometer, the instrument that measures marsquakes, to continue operating. At current rates, InSight will continue limited operation until December is expected when it sends its final signal home.”
The post has got lakhs
The number of likes (2.7 million likes) was shared two days ago. Users on social media are finding this post of NASA very informative. The post has also been shared on several other social media platforms. Netizens are asking many questions along with a lot of comments on the post. To which NASA is constantly answering.
