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InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022
PaulH51
post Apr 25 2021, 01:46 AM
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Another scoop of sand & pebbles dumped on the tether on Sol 856 (April 24, 2021).
2 scoops in one week!
The dump pile is growing with each additional scoop, now spreading over the pinning mass.
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post Apr 26 2021, 01:39 AM
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QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Jan 17 2021, 09:17 PM) *
We can see the falling energy production caused by accumulated dust on the solar arrays and the increasing atmospheric tau.


This paper (free access to pdf for a few weeks) documents the declining array output. Also notes a couple of faint dust devil shadows
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1cy9F4L-YbL0M
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post Apr 26 2021, 06:26 AM
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"Another scoop of sand & pebbles"
I'm struck by the small size of the soil dumps, limited of course by the size of the scoop - looking at the ICC images, it's going to take a long time to bury the full length of the tether.

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post Apr 26 2021, 12:32 PM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 26 2021, 02:26 PM) *
I'm struck by the small size of the soil dumps, limited of course by the size of the scoop - looking at the ICC images, it's going to take a long time to bury the full length of the tether.

The scoop was not as full as earlier scoops, I guess that process (without ground in the loop) will always be a little unpredictable. I'm not sure, but they may be happy if they can cover the pinning mass and the raised loop just after the pinning mass. Even that will take an age...
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post May 1 2021, 08:58 PM
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'May 1st' on Mars, but no holiday for InSight.
Another nicely placed scoop of regolith placed over the 'pinning mass' on SEIS's tether on Sol 863. smile.gif
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post May 2 2021, 06:42 AM
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This is a visual summary of activities over the last c. 130 sols.

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post May 9 2021, 09:57 PM
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Another Scoop and Dump on Sol 870...
One bite at a time smile.gif
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post May 16 2021, 05:36 AM
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Another weekend... Another scoop and dump
Sol 877 IDC camera (9 frame GIF)
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post May 23 2021, 10:21 PM
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Yet another weekend, yet another scoop and dump... but this time on top of the lander.

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post May 23 2021, 11:14 PM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 24 2021, 06:21 AM) *
Yet another weekend, yet another scoop and dump... but this time on top of the lander.

Phil

I have to admit this one took me by surprise (IDC images from sol 884)
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Heh, I was kidding a few pages back!
This is still about reducing noise in the tether? Or something else?
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Could be improving thermal properties... I wouldn't bet on it though. Curious.
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Well when the Mole doesn't work, BE the Mole!


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post May 31 2021, 12:23 PM
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More weekend trenching at Homestead Hollow (May 30, 2021, Sol 891)
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post May 31 2021, 10:27 PM
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No drop this time, just pulling soil into a pile for future use.

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