NASA’s InSight Mars spacecraft took this last selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sun, of the mission. The landing is covered in much more dust than in his first selfie, taken in December 2018, shortly after the landing, or in his second selfie, consisting of images taken in March and April 2019. Credit : NASA / JPL-Caltech
NASA’s InSight Mars spacecraft took this last selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sun, of the mission. The landing is covered in much more dust than in his first selfie (see below), taken in December 2018, shortly after the landing, or in his second selfie (see below), which consists of images taken in March and April 2019.
This is the first complete selfie of NASA InSight on Mars. Shows solar panels and scare cover. At the top of the deck are its scientific instruments, weather sensors and UHF antenna. The selfie was taken on December 6, 2018 (Sun 10). Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
This is the second complete selfie of NASA InSight on Mars. Since his first selfie was taken, the terrifier has removed the heat probe and seismometer from its deck, placing them on the Martian surface; a thin layer of dust now also covers the spacecraft. This selfie is a mosaic of 14 images taken on March 15 and April 11 – the 106th and 133rd March, or alone, of the mission – by InSight’s instrument deployment camera, located in its robotic arm. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
The arm must be moved several times to capture a complete selfie. Because InSight’s dusty solar panels produce less power, the team will soon put the robotic arm of the lander in its rest position (called a “retirement pose”) for the last time in May 2022.
This image alternates between the first and last Insight selfies for comparison purposes. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the InSight mission for NASA’s Scientific Mission Directorate. InSight is part of NASA’s Discovery program, managed by the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Denver’s Lockheed Martin Space built the InSight spacecraft, including its cruising stage and landing, and supports the spacecraft’s operations for the mission.