InSight’s heat probe has failed on Mars. Is the mission a failure?
Published Date: 1/20/2021
Source: technologyreview.com
For two years now, NASA’s InSight probe has sat on the surface of Mars, attempting to dig 5 meters (16 feet) deep in order to install the lander’s heat probe. The instrument was going to effectively take the planet’s temperature and tell scientists more about the internal thermal activity and geology of Mars.  InSight never…