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Mole instrument buried beneath InSight's scoop

Mole instrument buried beneath InSight's scoop
Mole instrument buried beneath InSight's scoop This image taken by NASA's InSight spacecraft on 3 July 2020 shows the spacecraft's robotic scoop pressing down on the buried self-hammering temperature probe known as the mole. The mole's ribbon cable can be seen at left. NASA/JPL-Caltech