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Martian Cover-up [1]

Images taken three years apart -- April 2019 and April 2022 -- show dust covering InSight, a spacecraft that's been monitoring marsquakes. The dust has reduced the lander's power levels to the point that engineers expect InSight to expire within a few weeks. [NASA/JPL]

Moon and Mars
selfies show Martian dust coating InSight
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