NASA says it is retiring its InSight Mars lander mission, after over four years of collecting data on the red planet.
InSight recently fell silent for the first time since arriving on Mars, its power levels had been dwindling for months because of dust coating its solar panels.
InSight landed on Mars in 2018 and was the first spacecraft to document a marsquake.
It detected more than 1,300 marsquakes with its French-built seismometer, including several caused by meteoroid strikes.
The most recent marsquake sensed by InSight, earlier this year, left the ground shaking for at least six hours, according to NASA.
The seismometer readings shed light on Mars’ interior….
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