Mars Explorer InSight Out of Power and Shut Down

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent an exploration vehicle called InSight into space in May 2018. InSight’s target was Mars, and the spacecraft had officially landed on Mars when the calendars sent November 2018. The spacecraft, which has been working on the Red Planet since that day, has officially reached the final awaited for a while. Announcing that all of InSight’s power is gone, NASA announced that the mission has officially ended.

InSight; It was launched to image the surface of Mars, record ground motions, and understand the planet’s inner layers. The spacecraft, which has successfully completed the tasks it has undertaken so far, has also experienced problems from time to time. So much so that InSight, which was drilling on the surface of Mars, failed in its mission due to the structure of the soil. Now all of that doesn’t matter.

InSight has run out of power

NASA announced that InSight’s power has been exhausted and its communication with Earth has been completely cut off. In fact, this statement has been awaited for a long time. Because NASA knew that the power of the spacecraft was running out. Thus, the mission that had been going on for more than 4 years has now come to an end.

He had sent a farewell message recently.

*Last photo posted by InSight.

NASA had published a photo and message about InSight a few days ago. That photo you see above was described as the last selfie of the Mars explorer. The post from the NASA InSight Twitter account was as follows:

“I’m really low on energy. This might be the last photo I can post. Don’t worry about me. My time here has been both productive and calm. If I can keep talking to my team, I’ll do it. But I’ll be leaving soon. Thanks for being there…”

Although the end of the road has come for InSight, the work on Mars continues actively!

InSight isn’t the only spacecraft NASA has sent to Mars. The spacecraft named Perseverence, launched into space in July 2020, made a successful landing on Mars in February 2021 and has been working since then.