The new photo is the best-ever look at the InSight lander on the surface of Mars

The new photo is the best-ever look at the InSight lander on the surface of Mars
The Mars orbiter has recently hit 60,000 orbits around the Red Planet, a feat that took over 13 years to complete
As dark streaky features extend down the Red Planet’s slopes, scientists now believe it is due to the movement of sand grains and not subsurface water
Finnish filmmaker Jan Fröjdman transformed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery into a three-dimensional overhead view of the Red Planet
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on the Red Planet lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior
The lander deployed at least three, and possibly all four, of the solar panels it was supposed to after touching down on the Red Planet’s surface
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that ravines on the Red Planet could be being made by carbon dioxide
Marathon Valley has provided fruitful research targets since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on
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This month, the rover will examine rocks that may have been chemically altered by water billions of years ago
NASA has decided to call off the planned March 2016 launch of the next mission to the Red Planet
See and hear the incredible experience of trundling along the terrain of the Red Planet