15 February 2019
Let drilling commence! HP3 gets ready for action
... in the subsurface. But we have to wait and see what we'll encounter underground." NASA's InSight lander set its heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3), on the Martian surface on 12 Feb, 2019. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/DLR
20 January 2021
"Mole" on NASA's InSight mission to dig no more
The heat probe developed and built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and deployed on Mars by NASA’s InSight lander has ended its portion of the mission. Since 28 February, 2019, the probe, called the “mole,” has been attempting to burrow...
21 December 2018
InSight deploys its first instrument on Mars
...to guard its sensors. If everything goes to plan, then in late January, InSight’s Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3), will be next on the list for deployment to the surface. HP3 will occupy a position to the east of the lander, roughly the...
19 March 2019
New data from InSight shows a contrasting Mars
... and there are no set expectations as to when these things might strike. Speaking of striking or rather hammering, InSight’s heat flow probe, HP3, has also hit a snag, or rock perhaps reports Banerdt. The jack-like device which is designed to channel...
04 May 2018
NASA's InSight mission gears up for tomorrow's launch
..., around noon PST (3 p.m EST/7 p.m GMT). Once airborne, InSight's Atlas will reach orbit about 13 minutes after launch, when the ... how much heat is flowing out of the deep interior of the planet, is the job of the heat probe HP3, while RISE...
24 February 2020
First results from InSight reveal a seismically active Mars
...centimetre-long HP3 instrument, since touching down in the Elysium Planitia region in November 2018, NASA’s InSight lander has...beyond what was expected from the Martian surface probe. With the InSight mission expected to continue for an entire Martian...
