InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
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 Apr 11 2022, 05:38 PM
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Solar System Cartographer  Group: Members Posts: 10173 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227  |
Sol 1198 - InSight takes a set of sunrise and sunset images. There should be some animation opportunities.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 18 2022, 01:09 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2429 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
How it Started, How it's Going.
IDC Sol 18 vs. Sol 1202
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Apr 22 2022, 05:37 AM
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#1218
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Member Group: Members Posts: 315 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
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Apr 24 2022, 10:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2429 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
IDC Sol 1211 (April 24, 2022)
Rotated and processed. Could really do with a dust devil!
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Apr 25 2022, 06:38 PM
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#1220
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 3-February 20 From: Paris (France) Member No.: 8747 |
Good morning,
 The two largest Martian earthquakes recorded to date by SEIS on the other side of the planet. Published on 23 APRIL 2022 https://phys.org/news/2022-04-largest-marsq...lanet-side.html https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/ar...tant-Marsquakes |
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Apr 26 2022, 02:05 AM
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#1221
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1583 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Great to hear! What's interesting is that both these events-- sol 976 0226 and sol 1000 0048-- are on the chart presented in October here:
https://youtu.be/XfrHDTlxHHc?t=790 They're the two quality B events in the lower left. My guesstimate from that chart was that the high noise season would begin around sol 1220. That's in about a week. So, hopefully a full 200 more sols since last update with many other events. |
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May 9 2022, 11:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 14-January 22 Member No.: 9140 |
Insight recently detected the largest mars-quake so far… a magnitude 5.
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9185/nasas-insig...-quake-on-mars/ |
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May 10 2022, 12:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1583 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Around 2330 on sol 1222 -- good time of day and maybe just in the nick of time.
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May 11 2022, 03:09 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1432 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
NASA to Provide Update on InSight Mars Lander
 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-...ght-mars-lander -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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May 17 2022, 09:10 PM
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I wonder if the thrusters are restartable for a few seconds and whether the resultant flow of gasses over the solar panels might partly clean them?
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May 17 2022, 09:42 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I believe somewhere back in this very thread someone made a post that was quite clear that this would be impossible from the moment of touchdown and the engines turning off, and for any number of reasons afterward. This is not Surveyor 6 we are talking about....
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May 17 2022, 10:51 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Seconds after landing the pressurizing helium is vented from the prop system to somewhat pacify it.
I don't think it would do anything now even if you tried...and if it did do something (give that these are pulse throttled landing engines) it would probably rip the SEIS cable clean off. |
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May 18 2022, 02:03 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10173 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
There must have been some thought about striking the edge of an array with the scoop, or lifting the edge with the scoop so that when it released everything would shake... dangerous early in the mission but possibly acceptable when you are facing the end... But I suppose it was felt that it wouldn't help or it would compromise the last chances to collect data. Shame! It would have been a bit like the old Apollo 12 'hit the TV with the hammer' routine.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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May 18 2022, 03:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 17 2022, 07:03 PM)  There must have been some thought about striking the edge of an array with the scoop, or lifting the edge with the scoop so that when it released everything would shake... dangerous early in the mission but possibly acceptable when you are facing the end... But I suppose it was felt that it wouldn't help or it would compromise the last chances to collect data. Shame! It would have been a bit like the old Apollo 12 'hit the TV with the hammer' routine. Phil I suspect that the arm operates is slow motion so a ‘strike’ might be like a gentle nudge -------------------- |
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May 18 2022, 06:10 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10173 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Good point, so an upward lift with the edge of the scoop, causing the panel to slip off and vibrate, might be the only way to do it. But there is probably a good reason for not trying it, including perhaps that the arm can't reach the panel in a suitable position. A photon-starved man will clutch at straws.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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