NASA's InSight Mars lander bids heartbreaking farewell: 'This may be the last image I can send'

The InSight spacecraft was launched by NASA to Mars and successfully landed on the red planet towards the end of 2018. Successfully installing its seismometer to the surface to detect seismic activities on Mars, InSight started drilling, where it failed to perform the desired missions.

After failed attempts during its lifespan, InSight could not cope with the harsh conditions of the Mars. Later on, NASA posted emotional farewell of the InSight.

InSight lander will sign off soon

People almost cried after encountered emotional and heartbreaking farewell post shared on the NASA InSight Twitter account on Monday. 

My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me. pic.twitter.com/wkYKww15kQ

— NASA InSight (@NASAInSight) December 19, 2022

The rover confirmed that it is actively running out of power by sharing another image of the vague horizon of the Red Planet. Therefore, it might the last picture that it send back to Earth. 

Why did InSight lander fail to survive?

NASA's InSight lander's solar power supply was being choked by so much dust that it was expected to stop working then. As NASA confirmed, InSight is approaching its last days by tweet above.  Unable to regenerate its power, InSight will soon sign off and sleep peacefully on Mars. 

However, the scientific data, observations and discoveries that InSight has brought to humanity about Mars will advance us further and these datas will always remain with us.

"The spacecraft’s power generation continues to decline as windblown dust on its solar panels thickens, so the team has taken steps to continue as long as possible with what power remains," NASA officials stated on November 1.