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post Feb 22 2019, 02:54 PM
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Animation of some sol 85 pictures of HP3: the parallax between pics gives a nice 3D effect wink.gif

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post Feb 22 2019, 10:12 PM
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Mosaic of 12 IDC pictures showing HP3 instrument:



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post Feb 26 2019, 02:54 AM
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The InSight DLR HP3 blog has a new home:

Here is the latest logbook entry: dated 24th February 2019 from the instrument lead (Tilman Spohn)

I received confirmation this morning from our System Engineer Jörg Knollenberg that the mole release was successful! That is the mole is now free of its fixation that was protecting it until now from any unwanted movements. It is now ready to go! Tomorrow, Monday the 25th of February, there will be a formal review by the operations team and then the command for the mole to start hammering will be included into the list of commands that will be sent to the lander tomorrow afternoon. Hammering operations will then commence on 10 am Local Mars Time which will be Tuesday shortly before 7 pm pacific or shortly before 2 am in Germany. A confirmation of the successful hammering is expected to be uplinked with the late afternoon pass of the TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter from ESA) which will be at 8:45 am PST or 17:45 MEZ.

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post Feb 26 2019, 05:31 AM
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I just had to say it :

" Hammer Time !! "
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post Feb 26 2019, 05:40 AM
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post Feb 26 2019, 02:30 PM
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Hopefully, this time around, no one will trip over the cable for the heat flow experiment.
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post Feb 26 2019, 05:09 PM
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but how cool would it be if someone did! biggrin.gif
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post Feb 26 2019, 07:06 PM
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Yes, but to discuss this further would be in violation of rule 1.3!
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post Feb 26 2019, 09:57 PM
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No hammering today, the uplink was missed.

https://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/all-blog-posts/...on-logbook.aspx
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post Feb 27 2019, 07:06 PM
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QUOTE (Steve G @ Feb 26 2019, 07:30 AM) *
Hopefully, this time around, no one will trip over the cable for the heat flow experiment.


Reminder that a Venera experiment for testing the Venusian surface's material properties happened to hit the lander's lens cap.
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post Feb 28 2019, 08:49 AM
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InSight HP3 PI's mission log has been updated with new schedule of the mole deployment and thermal conductivity tests in the coming days.

It also reports on a chance to measure the thermal effect of a Phobos eclipse on the surface temperature with their radiometer on Sunday

link to mission log updated on February 27, 2019

Referenced HRSC image of Phobos's shadow on Mars in 2005

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post Mar 1 2019, 07:47 PM
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Sol 92 images appear to show evidence of vibration caused by the mole around the foot pads. Note the disturbed regolith smile.gif
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post Mar 1 2019, 08:03 PM
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I noticed the disturbed regolith as well. If all went according to plan, the mole is now at a depth of 70 cm, if I understood the mission log posted by PaulH51 correctly.

EDIT: New blog post up at DLR: The InSight mission logbook

The mole reached a depth of at least 18 cm but less than 50 cm after the full four hours of hammering. It encountered an obstacle which it might have pushed aside after 3,5 hours. The mole is now 15 degrees inclined with the vertical.

EDIT 2: More news at the DRL page: Good luck ‘Mole’ – DLR’s HP3 experiment starts hammering into the Martian soil

Looks like it encountered another stone after the first one. In a couple of days, they will command another four hours of hammering.
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Wow, that sandy-looking soil proved to be tougher than we might have hoped.
I am wondering - if an obstacle is encountered before the probe is even fully into the regolith, do they have any means of redeploying to try another spot?
I fear not, but of course still hoping we can break through in this location.
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post Mar 2 2019, 03:31 AM
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Not sure if it's plausible to redeploy the instrument once it's release. There's no way to draw it back up, is there?
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