One of NASAs Mars robotics is in safe mode to save power while a dust storm obstructs its solar panels from charging.The InSight lander, which is created to study the interior of Mars, is steady in its safe mode, which the spacecraft started on Jan. 7, the agency said in a mission status upgrade published Tuesday (Jan. 11). Engineers rather lowered the dust on one panel in 2021 by using a scoop on the landers robotic arm to sprinkle dust into the wind, but “these activities end up being progressively tough as offered energy reduces,” NASA officials wrote in the new update.Indeed, decreased power is one of the greatest threats to the objective and could end the activities of InSight at some point in 2022, the firm stated last year. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)” InSights engineers are enthusiastic they will be able to command the lander to exit safe mode next week,” NASA stated.
