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Dust-covered solar panels mean NASA Mars lander's mission is coming to an end

Headline from KESQ Palm Springs, from the development of May 17, 2022

Newest development May 18, 2022 · 2 reportsNASA will soon bid farewell to its Mars InSight lander

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The NASA InSight lander, which has been revealing the mysterious interior of Mars since 2018, is coming to an end. Due to a decreasing power supply, the mission will cease scientific operations by the end of late summer, said Kathya Zamora Garcia, InSight deputy project man…

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    Dust-covered solar panels mean NASA Mars lander's mission is coming to an end

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

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    NASA will soon bid farewell to its Mars InSight lander

    Headline from Engadget ·

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  1. CBS News

    NASA's InSight Mars lander running out of power as dust builds on solar arrays (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    NASA expects dwindling power to shut down the InSight Mars lander by the end of the year.

  2. Phys

    NASA's InSight still hunting marsquakes as power levels diminish (opens Phys)

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    Phys's feed description

    Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring the Mars lander mission to a close around the end of this year.

  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Dusty demise for NASA Mars lander in July; power dwindling (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A NASA spacecraft on Mars is losing power and is headed for a dusty demise. The InSight lander has just a couple more months of science work before succumbing to

  4. KESQ Palm Springs

    Dust-covered solar panels mean NASA Mars lander's mission is coming to an end (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Ashley Strickland, CNN The NASA InSight lander, which has been revealing the mysterious interior of Mars since 2018, is coming to an end. Due to a decreasing power supply, the mission will cease scientific operations by the end of late summer, said Kathya Zamora Garcia, InSight deputy project man…

  5. Engadget

    NASA will soon bid farewell to its Mars InSight lander (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    The lander is expected to end its science activities by the end of summer and to be completely unresponsive by December..

  6. Fox News

    NASA's InSight Mars lander's power diminishing, has months left (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    NASA announced Tuesday that the InSight Mars lander is expected to become inoperative by December due to dust on its solar panels.

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