(17 May 2022)
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1. Video of dust blowing by lander on Mars
HEADLINE: Nasa's Mars Lander nearing end of mission.
ANNOTATION: NASA's InSight Mar's lander has been operating since November 2018.
ANNOTATION: The lander is losing power and is anticipated to end operations this summer. InSight's team expects the lander to be inoperative by December.
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Pasadena, California - 17 May 2022
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2. Live graphic showing the seismic quakes on Mars
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator:
"The animation that that we're bringing up here shows the latest large Mars quake that we obtained just about about two weeks ago. And this was the biggest event of the of the mission. It's a magnitude five event."
4. Lander's arm cleaning solar panels
ANNOTATION: During the mission, more than 1,300 marsquakes have been detected. Most recently, a Magnitude 5 quake was detected on May 4th.
ANNOTATION: Scientists have also been able to measure the depth and composition of Mars's crust, mantle, and core.
5. Graphic of the layers of Mars
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator:
"Basically we've been able to map out the inside of Mars for the very first time in history. We were able to get the size of the core. We're able to do something about its density and; therefore, the composition of the core. We've detected the bottom of the crust and were able to determine the thickness of the Martian crust."
ANNOTATION: When InSight landed, the solar panels produced around 5,000 watt-hours each Martian day. Now, they're producing roughly 500 watt-hours per day.
7. Graphic of Venus, Earth, Moon, and Mars
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lori Glaze, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division:
"I think, you know, understanding Mars and studying Mars' interior structure answers key questions about the early formation of these rocky planets in our inner solar system, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Earth's Moon and Mars."
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Mars - 30 April 2021
9. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is seen and heard flying on Mars
ANNOTATION: The InSight team says by the end of the summer, the lander should have enough power to take pictures and communicate with Earth.
ANNOTATION: The team expects that around December, power will be low enough that the lander will stop responding.
STORYLINE:
NASA's InSight Mars lander is expected to be inoperative by the end of this year, concluding a four-year mission on the planet.
During the mission, more than 1,300 marsquakes were detected - most recently a Magnitude 5 that occurred on May 4th.
Scientists have also been able to measure the depth and composition of Mars' crust, mantle, and core: "Basically we've been able to map out the inside of Mars for the very first time in history. We were able to get the size of the core. We're able to do something about it, the density and therefore the composition of the core," InSight principal investigator Bruce Banerdt said during a video conference Tuesday.
The lander has been operating on the planet since November 26, 2018, and is gradually losing power and anticipated to end operations later this summer.
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