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Science in a Minute 101819 NASA's MOLE Resumes its Dig into Mars


Science in a Minute 101819 NASA's MOLE Resumes its Dig into Mars
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports its “Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package”, one of three primary instruments on its Mars InSight lander, is digging again after it hit rocks and stopped work in March. Nicknamed the “mole”, the heat probe is supposed to burrow itself into the interior of Mars to take its internal temperature.

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