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NASA Scientists Try A New Approach To Free InSight Mars Lander's Stuck Thermometer

NPR | By Joe Palca
Published October 17, 2019 at 3:57 PM CDT
Instrument Deployment Camera on Mars InSight lander showing scoop "pinning" thermal instrument called the mole.
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Instrument Deployment Camera on Mars InSight lander showing scoop "pinning" thermal instrument called the mole.

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Joe Palca
Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR.
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