A shovel saves a NASA robot on Mars – video

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The creative approach of NASA engineers helped repair a lander on Mars. The machine “appears to be working” after hitting itself with a shovel, the InSight mission reported on its Twitter account.

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After months of effort, NASA engineers have successfully resolved the problem of the space mission drill on Mars: the InSight probe. To get there, they ordered the mission’s robotic machine, responsible forexplore the red planet, hitting yourself with a shovel, a maneuver that has paid off, according to Nasa InSight’s Twitter post on March 13.

“A little bit of good news from Mars: our new approach of using the robotic arm to push the drill seems to be working!”

The stuck drill

For a year, American researchers worked hard to find a solution to the problem of the stuck drill. The function of the latter is essential: it allows you to take the temperature of the soil by digging it, explains the official website of NASA. It was during this process that the machine broke down.

Exploring the internal structure of Mars

InSight is the first exploration mission entirely devoted to examining the internal structure of the red planet. The mission was launched on May 5, 2018, the InSight probe having landed on the surface of the planet in November 2018

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