NASA’s InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander’s 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 agency’s 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 Planet’s 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 InSight’s solar energy status.
The virtual briefing will livestream on NASA Television, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, as well as the agency’s app. Watch live on the agency’s website at:
https://www.nasa.gov/live
Participants will include:
Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California
Liliya Posiolova, MRO, orbital science operations lead at Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California
Ingrid Daubar, InSight impact science lead, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Karen Fox / Alana Johnson
Headquarters, Washington
Karolyn Pearson / Andrew Good
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
