NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust Movement

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Seen at the center of this image, NASA’s retired InSight Mars lander was captured by the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imagine Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on Oct. 23, 2024.

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New images taken from space show how dust on and around InSight is changing over time — information that can help scientists learn more about the Red Planet.