NASA Scientists Have A New Way To Try And Free InSight Lander That's Stuck On Mars

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Published October 17, 2019 at 4:57 PM EDT

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Instrument Deployment Camera on Mars InSight lander showing scoop "pinning" thermal instrument called the mole.

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A sophisticated thermometer on NASA's Mars InSight lander has been stuck for months. It was supposed to drive down 16 feet into the Martian soil but stopped. So scientists used a novel way to free it.