The space digger died.
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The digger was on the InSight lander. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) -
The mole was supposed to drill 16 feet down. But it could only dig a few feet down. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) -
This is a drawing of the lander on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) -
This picture of the lander was made from 11 photos. The photos were taken by the lander’s robotic arm. (NASA/AP) -
The mole was not strong enough. (DLR/CC-BY 3.0)
How cold is Mars? A digger tried to find out. Dig, dig, dig. The digger could not dig deep enough.
It could not do its job. The little digger failed the mission.
Read More: A digger nicknamed “the mole” has been on the planet Mars for two years. It just does not work. The mole is not strong enough to dig into Mars’ soil. The little digger can dig only a few feet down. It cannot go deep enough to take the temperature under the soil on Mars. Sometimes big plans fail. Things do not always work right. But we know that God will never fail us. “And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together,” says Colossians 1:17.
