The NASA suspended plans to send an unmanned mission to Mars after they managed to repair faults not crucial to the objective of the research instrument, the US space agency said.
launch of InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) to Mars space module was scheduled for March 2016, and its main objective is to study the planet’s interior.
However, an instrument very delicate than they used to measure seismic activity on Mars developed a leak in your vacuum sealed and does not work, despite having been repaired twice.
Members of the space agency indicated that the repair needed was not possible before the planned launch of the mission.
“Learning about the interior structure of Mars has been a high priority for scientists in a while” John Grunsfeld directory NASA said, referring missions to Mars that started in the 70s.
A favorable alignment of Earth and Mars occurs only a few weeks every 26 months, and in March 2016 is the next time you are going to give that circumstance, so this date was the right time for a launch.
Grunsfeld said the future of the mission will be decided in the coming months.
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