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InSight Lander Has Trouble With Subterranean Rock On Mars

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According to Gizmodo, NASA’s Insight lander hit a snag during its first dig on the Martian surface. The drill on the Insight lander is an electrically powered hammer that drives itself deeper into the ground with each pulse. Although the drill works, it ran into a large subterranean rock. The drill is part of the lander's Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package, which will measure the internal temperature of Mars. But the drill needs to bury a 5-meter cable outfitted with sensors into the surface for the experiment to work, and its only gone 50-centimeters.

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