For Domenico Giardini, the Insight mission to explore the inner structure of Mars is one of the most exciting projects of his career. (Screenshot: ETH Zurich)
For Domenico Giardini, the Insight mission to explore the inner structure of Mars is one of the most exciting projects of his career. (Screenshot: ETH Zurich) - The InSight mission on Mars is running out of power and most of its functions could be shut down in the months to come. Some have already been deactivated. However, the attached seismometer, SEIS, will remain in operation for as long as possible. ETH Professor Domenico Giardini takes stock of three years of marsquake measurements. NASA's InSight lander successfully touched down on Mars on 26 November 2018. Seventy Martian days later, the seismometer - called SEIS - deployed on the surface of Mars began recording the Red Planet's tremors.
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