Behold the “mole”: The heat-sensing spike that NASA’s InSight lander deployed on the Martian surface is now visible. Last week, the spacecraft’s robotic arm successfully removed the support structure ...

NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface just under a year ago and has since deployed a suite of scientific instruments to investigate the various internal mechanisms that make the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

Recent images from NASA's InSight Mars lander show the lander's robotic arm, with a scoop at the end, pushing down on top of the mole as it attempts to burrow into the surface. Credit: ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

NASA’s sent its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to Mars so that it could deploy a suite of state-of-the-art instruments capable of ...

There’s more trouble on Mars for NASA’s InSight lander, which has been fighting a battle to free its stuck heat probe (or mole) for more than a year. The mole has been making progress recently, thanks ...

NASA’s InSight lander has been using its robotic arm to help the heat probe known as the “mole” burrow into Mars. The mission is providing the first look at the Red Planet’s deep interior to reveal ...

NASA has a new plan to get its Mars "mole" digging again. The agency's InSight lander touched down on the Red Planet last November, tasked with mapping the Martian interior in unprecedented detail.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Update, 5:20 p.m. EST: The mole's deployment has been delayed by two days because the commands ...

NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have officially called it quits on the Mars InSight lander’s “mole.” The instrument was designed to drill deep into the Martian soil, but hit a snag soon ...