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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s InSight Mars lander mission cost $814,000,000 including launch but excluding major instruments contributed by international partners.
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NASA's InSight Mars lander mission is likely to conclude by the end of 2023 due to declining power levels.
Engineers have attempted to clean InSight's solar panels by using the robotic arm to scoop regolith and drop it near the arrays.
The shutdown of InSight's seismometer could occur as early as mid-July 2023.
NASA classifies InSight as a success, having operated beyond its primary mission of one Martian year.
InSight has been on the surface of Mars since November 2018.
Banerdt expressed a wish for InSight to have cleaning mechanisms for its solar arrays to enhance power generation.
Controllers plan to begin shutting down some science instruments on InSight in the coming weeks.
InSight is expected to maintain intermittent contact, including occasional images from its camera, until late 2023.
Science operations for InSight are expected to end in July 2023 as the output from its solar panels decreases.
InSight's robotic arm will be placed in a retirement pose, with its camera oriented to view the seismometer.
Banerdt also stated that power levels are expected to fall below survivability for InSight by the end of 2023.
The solar panels of InSight generated 5,000 watt-hours of energy per Martian day at landing but now produce just one-tenth of that.
InSight measured its strongest Marsquake on May 4, 2023, estimated to be a magnitude 5.
Bruce Banerdt, principal investigator for InSight, indicated uncertainty regarding how long the spacecraft will perform as power decreases.
The project has not ruled out the possibility of restoring contact with InSight in mid-2023 if a cleaning event occurs.
Increasing dust levels in the Martian atmosphere are worsening the power decline for InSight.
NASA hoped for a cleaning event, such as a dust devil or wind gust, to remove dust from InSight's solar panels.
Temporary boosts in power from cleaning efforts provided an additional four to six weeks of operations for InSight's instruments.