The Dust Formation
On NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory's InSight Mars lander is significant enough that it can be seen from space.
In A High-Resolution
View collected April 9 from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the red Martian quartz sand covering the lander
The InSight Mars Lander Shortly...
Entered safe mode in January after dust covered its solar panels, resulting in the little solar energy usable to the lander, though power generation has since recovered.
Due To The Dust Collection
On its dual solar panels, InSight, which arrived on Mars in 2018, has been operating on reduced power for just some time.
In 2021, Engineers Were
Able to remove a few dust from a single panel by dousing sand over it.
But InSight...
Is still not lucky enough to catch a bit of wind to blow away the dust.