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Basketball-Sized Meteorites Strike the Surface of Mars Every Day


NASA's InSight Mars Lander faced some challenges during its time on the red planet's surface. Its mole instrument struggled to penetrate the compacted Martian soil, and the mission eventually ended when its solar panels were covered in dust.

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