There's a ‘mole’ rescue mission unfolding on Mars, and it has just completed a crucial maneuver.
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An instrument nicknamed the "mole" on NASA's InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander has been experiencing some difficulty getting a deep survey of Mars.
The mole is a self-hammering spike belonging to InSight's Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument.
Built by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), HP3 measures the temperature of the interior to study the quantity of heat flowing out of Mars, and determine its source. This will help scientists find similarities if any between the makeup of Earth and Mars.
On Feb. 28, the mole, a self-hammering device, began digging, but it soon appeared to be stuck. Now, the InSight's robotic arm successfully removed the mole's surrounding support structure on Friday (June 28).
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