Nasa’s InSight lander on Mars is no longer drilling into the surface of the planet as intended amid fears that rocks or gravel are blocking its instruments, the American space agency has said.
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While most missions are designed to look at the surface or atmosphere of planetary bodies, InSight’s goal is to look deep beneath the surface.
Nasa has a date on Monday evening South African time with “six minutes of terror”, a high-stakes plunge across the surface of Mars that will hopefully end with a successful landing of the Mars InSight.