InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
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 Mar 28 2021, 06:20 PM
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Solar System Cartographer  Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227  |
More digging on sol 829. Details will follow.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 28 2021, 09:27 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Two passes of the scoop join and extend the previous trenches, providing a big soil pile to dump on the tether.
Phil
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Mar 29 2021, 02:30 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
IDC frame from sol 830, in a change from recent scrapping / scooping activities adjacent to SEIS, the robotic arm camera was pointed towards the horizon.
Pure guess: possible Tau measurement?
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Apr 1 2021, 09:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
2 more strong "earth-like" quakes were detected: mag 3.3 and 3.1, which are strong enough to refract around the interior of Mars
https://scitechdaily.com/mars-quake-nasas-i...quakes-on-mars/ |
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Apr 1 2021, 11:34 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
And in other news from InSight, here is a comparison of images of its parachute taken at roughly 12 month intervals. The first is not long after landing. The second shows the parachute folded over itself, and the third shows the parachute moved northeast with a hint that it scraped over the ground a bit to leave a mark.
Most Mars parachutes for which we have multiple images show this sort of movement, so it's nothing remarkable... except that it does show the potential for relatively strong wind gusts in the area. If we could just get one to clean those solar panels! The distance from backshell to parachute is about 20 m. Phil
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Apr 14 2021, 03:47 PM
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https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-insigh...dont-die-2021-4
QUOTE So NASA decided to put the lander in "hibernation mode," switching off different instruments each day. Soon the robot will shut down all functions that aren't necessary for its survival.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Apr 15 2021, 06:53 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
As far as I can tell this is just a rewrite of this Feb. 12 mission news item:
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8858/insight-is-...s/?site=insight Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 16 2021, 03:03 PM
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Scooping from 800 to 844 sols.
Attached thumbnail(s)
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Apr 16 2021, 11:02 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That is really nice. Thanks.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 18 2021, 09:37 AM
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I'm curious to know if the balance weight impacts were detected. I had read the past posts and can't find any info. Have I missed it or don't we have any answers?
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Apr 18 2021, 03:59 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Nothing I had heard yet.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 21 2021, 05:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Some more arm / scoop action on sol 846. Looks like they dumped the contents of the scoop on the WTS for the second time 😊
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Apr 21 2021, 06:30 AM
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I thought they were in a dire energy situation ?
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Apr 21 2021, 02:58 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Some sources were exaggerating the direness.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 21 2021, 10:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Here's an animation of the scoop movements (ICC camera Sols 800-850) posted on twitter by @landru79
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