# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-12-21T16:27:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

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After four years on the Red Planet, InSight is signing off. 🤖

Our InSight mission, which has been collecting unique scientific data on Mars, has come to an end. After two consecutive attempts, the mission team at nasajpl was unable to contact the lander, a sign that the spacecraft’s solar-powered batteries have run out. 

InSight (short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) set out to study the deep interior of Mars in 2018 and achieved its primary science goals in its first Mars year (nearly two Earth years). Since arriving on the Red Planet, InSight has left a legacy worthy of its name, gathering a rich bounty of scientific data. 

The mission made scientific discoveries on a seismic scale, its instruments revealing details about Mars’ crust, mantle, and core, helping scientists better understand how all rocky worlds form, including Earth and its Moon. Over its four-year stint at Elysium Planitia, a flat smooth plain that served as its landing site and home, InSight collected new data on the weather on this region of Mars. The mission also took the first seismographic readings beyond Earth since the Apollo missions, measuring a total of 1,319 marsquakes—including ones caused by meteroid impacts. 

Ever insightful, the lander continued taking readings using its seismometer, the last of its science instruments that remained active even as dust on the lander’s solar panels gradually reduced its energy levels. As InSight takes its final bow on Mars, we thank the mission teams around the world for all the incredible discoveries and data it has provided—data that scientists will use for years to come. Au revoir, little lander!

Image description: Wide-angle photo from the InSight lander on Mars shows the area in front of the lander in the late afternoon sun. Science instruments tethered to the lander rest on the sandy surface nearby. Distortion from the wide-angle lens bends the distant horizon into a curved shape, while low-angle sunlight causes a small bluish lens flare on the right side.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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