A NASA robot has sent out a final emotional tweet before running out of battery on Mars. The NASA InSight lander was launched in May 2018 and landed on Mars six months later, where it was sent to study the planet's crust, mantle and core. 9News MORE:
robot is nearing the end of its lifespan but didn't run out of battery without a final emotional tweet.Just over four years later, the robot is about to kick the bucket but not without sending its last tweet which has tugged at the hearts of social media users."My power's really low, so this may be the last image I can send," the robot, or its social media managers, tweeted."If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I'll be signing off here soon.
During its four-year exploration, the lander detected a magnitude four marsquake which scientists believe was the result of a meteorite strike.In this artist's concept of NASA's InSight lander on Mars, layers of the planet's subsurface can be seen below and dust devils can be seen in the background.The robot also studied dust devils which are dust storms that occur on Mars and the electrical currents flowing through the centre of the planet.
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