What was 2019 for the machine InSight on the red planet?
Source:Machine InSight approaches the surface of Mars.
In November 2018, the spacecraft landed on the surface of the red planet. As a rule, landing on Mars is the most difficult task for most robotic devices. But in the case of InSight, the situation is different. Immediately after landing, InSight took measurements of weather conditions and photographing their new, permanent home. Unlike other Mars spacecraft, InSight is not a Rover, but because of its research mission is somewhat limited. However, the year for this amazing unit turned out to be more than saturated.
What hides behind the plain of Mars?
Since the InSight is quite different from his predecessors — Opportunity and Curiosity, his mission is to collect data on a broad plain of Elysium Planitia near the equator of Mars. Note that the unit of the InSight was launched to the Red planet in the framework of the research program . The mission is designed to study the internal structure and composition of Mars, and the estimated time of the spacecraft equipped with a seismometer, was 728 days.
As reported , since the landing apparatus of the conducted measurements, however, in 2019 in the work of InSight is a major fault has occurred — a tool designed to sink into the ground to a depth of about 5 meters to measure both heat and the vibrations pass through the Martian soil — stuck. The unit was drilled about 30 cm and stopped moving. It happened on 28 February, putting the mission at risk.
NASA Engineers spent a long spring and summer test ways to fix a stuck tool InSight, but she drilling rig managed to get the nickname “mole”. According to scientists, a mole or on a rock, or too mired in the soft soil. In June, scientists decided to use a robotic arm InSight, to remove the support structure and to understand what is blocking the tool. However, the hand was not designed for such delicate work, so the researchers had to make sure that this operation will work and tested on the test models.
Machine Insight while drilling
The Tests were successfully and on 1 July, engineers have successfully removed the supporting structure. The result is InSight, finally able to continue his work. Now scientists are contemplating the next steps. Fortunately, all the other InSight tools designed to measure earthquakes on Mars and monitor still work perfect. For example, on 6 April, the seismometer recorded our first earthquake. By earthly standards, it was so small that we would not even have registered, but for a more quiet red planet it was a significant event. However, at this point, researchers cannot say the exact reason . According to them, the recorded event seems to have happened inside the planet.
As you can see, year on the red planet for the apparatus of InSight was not as simple as was expected by the engineers of NASA. However, the biggest news is that the machine continues its work and uses their own unique tools to send back even more data by which we learn the amazing processes that occur on the surface and inside the amazing red planet.
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