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NASA has given up on its 'Mars mole,' a revolutionary experiment designed to burrow 16 feet and take the planet's temperature mmcfalljohnsen@businessinsider.com (Morgan McFall-Johnsen) © NASA/JPL-Caltech The InSight lander's heat probe, or "mole," poking out of the hole where it got stuck on October 26, 2019. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is giving up on its Mars mole — a pile driver designed to hammer its way up to 16 feet below the Martian surface — after two years of trying to dig past cement-like soil. Now the InSight lander won't be able to take Mars' internal temperature....

The heat probe hasn’t been able to gain the friction it needs to dig, but the mission has been granted an extension to carry on with its other science.

- Clarksville, TN Online - https://www.clarksvilleonline.com - NASA lists 3 Things learned from Mars InSight Mission Posted By Technology | Pasadena, CA – NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down November 26th, 2018, on Mars to study the planet’s deep interior. A little more than one Martian year later, the stationary lander has detected more than 480 quakes and collected the most comprehensive weather data of any surface mission sent to Mars. InSight’s probe, which has struggled to dig underground to take the planet’s temperature, has made progress [1], too. There was a time when t...

3 Things We've Learned From NASA's Mars InSight InSight Images Clouds on Mars: Clouds drift over the dome-covered seismometer, known as SEIS, belonging to NASA's InSight lander, on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption › Scientists are finding new mysteries since the geophysics mission landed two years ago. NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down Nov. 26, 2018, on Mars to study the planet's deep interior. A little more than one Martian year later, the stationary lander has detected more than 480 quakes and collected the most comprehensive weather data of any surface mission...