One goal of the Phoenix lander was to verify the ... because we expected the lander’s power to last only about 90 days or so; dust accumulating on the solar panels and diminishing sunlight ...

(CNN)-- The Phoenix Mars Lander has entered a state of ... circle where the summer sun never sets, so the solar-powered craft had plenty of power for the first few months of its mission.

That lost power is a direct result of the dust that has built up on the lander’s solar panels since it landed. Additionally, InSight’s team chose a landing site in Elysium Planitia ...

(CNN)-- A dust storm and the onset of Martian winter have brought the Phoenix Mars ... region during the summer, so the solar-powered craft had plenty of power for the first few months of its ...

The lander was different than Perseverance and Curiosity as it ran on solar power. While Perseverance ... Built on the design of NASA’s Mars Phoenix lander, InSight’s sensors also captured ...

Martian dust had expectedly whittled down the power of the lander by blanketing its solar panels in a thick ... including the ...