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InSight Playing in the Martian Sandbox

InSight Playing in the Martian Sandbox
InSight Playing in the Martian Sandbox NASA's InSight spacecraft snapped this picture on 8 August 2020 after using its robotic arm to scoop Martian soil into a hole around its heat-flow probe, which has been trying to bury itself beneath the surface since March 2019. NASA/JPL-Caltech