NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Pauses Robot Arm Heat Probe Push

InSight's robotic arm.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Mars InSight lander’s mission team has decided to give its 6-ft.-long robot arm a rest from applying pressure into the red planet’s surface. But the mission’s NASA and European partners are not giving up on efforts to tap the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3), or “mole,” into the...

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