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NASA InSight
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@NASAInSight
Retired NASA robot, at rest on the plains of Mars after a mission to study the planet’s evolution. Mars updates: @NASAMars (Verification: nasa.gov/socialmedia)
Elysium Planitia, Mars
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    Mar 10, 2023
    [From the InSight team] InSight was such a special mission to us. As we wrap up the project, we thank you all for having been here to share in the adventure. Discoveries from InSight and other Mars missions will continue. Follow along at mars.nasa.gov and @NASAMars.
    Composite image from Viking orbiter photos shows a global view of Mars. Valles Marineris, an enormous canyon system, stretches across most of the width of the planet in this view. Darker spots at the left mark three huge shield volcanoes of the Tharsis region.
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    NASA InSight
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    Dec 19, 2022
    My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.
    Wide-angle photo from NASA’s InSight lander on Mars shows the area in front of the lander in the late afternoon sun. Two science instruments tethered to the lander rest on the sandy surface nearby. Part of the lander’s robotic arm is visible extending down from the top left. Distortion from the wide-angle lens bends the distant horizon into a curved shape, while low-angle sunlight causes a small bluish lens flare on the right side.
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    Dec 16, 2022
    Everyone should be so lucky to have a supportive community like you all. Thanks for all the kind postcards you’ve written. If you’d like to send well-wishes to me or my team back on Earth, I’m sure they’d love to read them. 💌 Send your postcard here: go.nasa.gov/3PkH4Ko
    Screenshot from interactive web experience shows six digital postcards sent to NASA's InSight Mars lander by members of the public. Cards feature photos of (and taken by) InSight, along with personal notes from the senders, such as, “You’re doing an amazing job!”, “Continue making the impossible possible!”, and “You rock!”
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    NASA InSight
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    Nov 26, 2022
    I’ve been lucky enough to live on two planets. Four years ago, I arrived safely at the second one, to the delight of my family back on the first. Thanks to my team for sending me on this journey of discovery. Hope I’ve done you proud. Science highlights: go.nasa.gov/3Mi4pKw
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    Nov 23, 2022
    Time may be short for me, but I’ll keep sending back science for as long as I can. Meanwhile, I’m not the only bot on Mars. Keep exploring the Red Planet by following the adventures of: @NASAPersevere @MarsCuriosity @NASAMars And learn about the next team of explorers:
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    Nov 18, 2022
    To the millions who sent your names with me: thanks for riding along. The two chips with your names may be dustier now (just like me), but we're here together on Mars, my forever home. Future explorers, send your name on NASA’s next Mars mission: go.nasa.gov/3fa0qOK
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    Nov 16, 2022
    Can almost feel that rumble from here! Go #Artemis!
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    Nov 16, 2022
    We are going. For the first time, the @NASA_SLS rocket and @NASA_Orion fly together. #Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration.
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    NASA InSight
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    Nov 14, 2022
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    My mission team headquartered at @NASAJPL kept me going from sol to sol, helping me gather the data that scientists around the world will mine for decades to come. It takes a Martian village! 🧡
    Posed group photo taken at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory features over 150 people, gathered on the steps in front of the facility’s main administration building. Trees frame the background, and a text overlay reads, “InSight Project Team, January 2018.”
    Posed group photo taken at Lockheed Martin shows around 100 people gathered in a grassy field, with buildings, trees, and mountains in the background.
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    Nov 14, 2022
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    International partners like @CNES, @DLR_en, and @InSight_IPGP helped set me up for collecting great science, while @ESA_TGO and the @NASAMars orbiters have helped me beam back all my findings.
    Illustration of the European Space Agency’s Trace Gas Orbiter in orbit around Mars. The vehicle features long solar panels extending from either side of a central spacecraft bus, with a communications antenna pointing to the right. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
    Illustration of NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft in orbit at Mars. The planet’s south polar ice cap is visible behind the orbiter, which features a large, offset solar panel and two extended booms for science instruments and a communications antenna.
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    Nov 14, 2022
    Exploration isn’t just about the destination, but the friends you make along the journey. When there wasn’t enough power to take my own dust measurements, @NASAPersevere, @MarsCuriosity, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey and @MAVEN2Mars all stepped in to help.
    Self-portrait photo from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover shows the vehicle parked in front of a rock with two holes in it, from which the rover has extracted two rock samples. Tracks from the rover’s wheels are visible on the dusty ground surface in the background.
    Low-angle self-portrait photo from NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover shows the vehicle on a patch of rocky ground on Mars.
    Illustration of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the spacecraft in orbit above Mars, pointing its cameras down toward the surface. Parts of Mars and its atmosphere are reflected in the vehicle’s two large solar panels, which extend to either side. The top of the spacecraft features a large communications antenna, pointed to the left.
    Illustration of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at Mars shows the orbiter over the Red Planet, with solar panels deployed on either side of the vehicle and a scientific instrument boom extending upward.
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    Nov 10, 2022
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    My goal was to study the Red Planet for one Mars year (about two Earth years), and I’ve been able to double that. The science I’ve collected has answered a lot of questions, and posed new ones for future explorers. Top science results: go.nasa.gov/3Mi4pKw
    Mosaic image made from 102 NASA Viking Orbiter photos shows the full globe of Mars against a black background. Visible at the center of the rusty, reddish planet is Valles Marineris, an enormous canyon system around 1250 miles (~2000 kilometers) long, which stretches across most of the width of the planet in this view.
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    Nov 10, 2022
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    A system like that would have added cost, mass, and complexity. The simplest, most cost-effective way to meet my goals was to bring solar panels big enough to power my whole mission – which they did (and then some!).
    Self-portrait photo from NASA’s InSight lander shows a wide-angle composite of images capturing the vehicle on the surface of Mars during the 10th day of its surface mission. In the middle is the deck of the lander, with various science instruments on board. Extending to either side are the lander’s two solar panels.
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    Nov 10, 2022
    I’m getting close to the end here, due to dust gathering on my solar panels, making it hard to generate power. People often ask: don’t I have a way to dust myself off (wiper, blower, etc.)? It’s a fair question, and the short answer is this: (🧵)
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