InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
  |
InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
 Aug 24 2020, 07:13 AM
Post
#976
|
|
|
Solar System Cartographer  Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227  |
And that extra push just happened - pushing down with a tilted scoop rather than the blade or the flat of the scoop, as I understand it. Looks like it went in a bit more. maybe a couple of centimetres. We might see more burial now and pushing on the soil again.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
 |
 
|
|
Aug 24 2020, 04:14 PM
Post
#977
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
From the time of Insight's landing till now, the mole's digging has yielded a net average downward velocity of about 3 nanometers per second.
 Eagerly awaiting a millionfold or thereabouts acceleration! |
|
|
|
|
Aug 28 2020, 10:48 AM
Post
#978
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 3-February 20 From: Paris (France) Member No.: 8747 |
Bonjour,
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-engin...weather-sensors Data transmission problem from the weather station of Insight. This must not be without consequences on the operation of SEIS. The situation, under investigation, does not seem too worrying. |
|
|
|
|
Aug 31 2020, 09:51 PM
Post
#979
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Twitter has some animations of the recent arm / mole activity
https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1299...3984438272?s=20 |
|
|
|
|
Sep 1 2020, 01:08 AM
Post
#980
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
Oh! Wow!
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 6 2020, 09:30 PM
Post
#981
|
|
|
Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
More activity on sol 632, including flexing of the cable which suggests to me there was some downward movement. The cable left a curving imprint in the surface where it had been in contact recently.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
|
|
|
|
Sep 7 2020, 03:57 AM
Post
#982
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 7 2020, 05:30 AM)  More activity on sol 632..... Here's a roughly assembled MP4 timelapse I created using the available 16 frames hosted on streamable Link1 and on Imgur Link2 Here's another link to a set of three GIFs at varying zoom levels, created by Richard Horton and shared on Reddit Link3 |
|
|
|
|
Sep 8 2020, 08:04 PM
Post
#983
|
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 27-June 08 Member No.: 4240 |
QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Sep 7 2020, 03:57 AM) Here's a roughly assembled MP4 timelapse I created using the available 16 frames hosted on streamable Link1 and on Imgur Link2 Here's another link to a set of three GIFs at varying zoom levels, created by Richard Horton and shared on Reddit Link3 Hmm I think it's rotating towards the horizontal ? |
|
|
|
|
Sep 8 2020, 09:08 PM
Post
#984
|
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 19-April 05 Member No.: 251 |
QUOTE (rob66 @ Sep 8 2020, 02:04 PM) Hmm I think it's rotating towards the horizontal ? Does look like it might have pulled a few mm more cable into the hole. But I think it is the weight of the scoop pressing on and repositioning the cable. I doubt the probe could be going more horizontal. |
|
|
|
|
Sep 9 2020, 10:29 AM
Post
#985
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
QUOTE (Quetzalcoatl @ Aug 28 2020, 06:48 PM) Bonjour, https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-engin...weather-sensors Data transmission problem from the weather station of Insight..... I've not seen an official news release, but the weather page for InSight is once again providing weather data, so it looks like this issue may have been resolved This page Link has weather data for September 7 and 8. |
|
|
|
|
Sep 19 2020, 10:06 PM
Post
#986
|
||
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Sol 645 animated GIF of the latest HP3 hammer session.
IDC camera using the 16 frames with activity, reduced to 512x512 to upload. Link to full size (17 frame) MP4 version on Imgur. We can see a little movement of the tether and scoop, but with little apparent progress!
#SaveTheMole |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 19 2020, 11:38 PM
Post
#987
|
|
|
Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
sol 645... another 24 sols and we will have been on Mars for a full Mars year.
I think the tether moves towards the hole about as much as the scoop moves down (looking at images stabilized to the surface, not the arm). That seems like good news to me. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
|
|
|
|
Sep 20 2020, 12:56 AM
Post
#988
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
I'm focusing on the left edge of the screen, where the tether is nearly in line of sight with a couple of pebbles. It looks like it is initially arched upwards, then flattens as, apparently, the mole/arm pull the slack out of it. Then a sort of wave of motion causes it to arch again, and pull down again.
15:25 Arched upwards. 15:29 Pulls downward, flattens. 15:35: Arches upwards again. The question is, does the second motion indicate a slack from the mole/arm, or an uncoiling in the slack of the tether nearer the lander? It looks to me like in the last 3 or so frames, the tether is still moving towards the mole. I'm optimistic. |
|
|
|
|
Sep 20 2020, 09:44 PM
Post
#989
|
|||
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
I'm looking at the wiring inside the teather. In some images it's easy to see.
Otherwise, in most cases some enhancement and excessive sharpening resolves the wiring clear enough
to see a clear y-shape of the wires:
But it's still hard to identify evident progress within the latest image series. |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Sep 22 2020, 11:45 AM
Post
#990
|
||
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
InSight Lander: Sol 645 - Updated timelapse (MP4 clip @ 1024x1024) of the HP3 hammering session, now using 31 frames (my previous post used the available 16 frames)
MP4 Link Still frame from the animation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 19th April 2024 - 07:32 PM |
|
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |
|
