NASAs InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The landers solar panels have become covered with dust since the lander touched down on Mars in November 2018, which has led to a gradual decline in its power level.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 27, to share new scientific findings based on observations from the agencys InSight Mars lander and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Science team members from both missions will explain how data and images from each spacecraft one on the Red Planets surface and one orbiting above contributed to the discovery. They will share how the two missions worked together to confirm their observations. There will also be an update on InSights solar energy status.
The virtual briefing will livestream on NASA Television, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, as well as the agencys app. Watch live on the agencys website at:
Participants will include:
- Lori Glaze, director of NASAs Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
- Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
- Liliya Posiolova, MRO,orbital science operations leadat Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California
- Ingrid Daubar, InSight impact science lead, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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