NASA’s InSight Mars lander
took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of
the mission. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its
first selfie, taken in December 2018, not long after landing – or in its
second selfie, composed of images taken in March and April 2019.
The arm now needs to move several times
in order to capture a full selfie. Because InSight’s dusty solar panels are
producing less power, the team will soon put the lander’s robotic arm in its
resting position (called the “retirement pose”) for the last time in May 2022.
Image
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image and info via NASA
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