NASA's InSight enters safe mode during regional Mars dust storm

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2022

NASA's InSight lander is stable and sending health data from Mars to Earth after going into safe mode Friday, Jan. 7, following a large, regional dust storm that reduced the sunlight reaching its solar panels. In safe mode, a spacecraft suspends all but its essential functions. The mission's team reestablished contact with InSight Jan. 10, finding that its power was holding steady and, whi