What a NASA spacecraft saw at a robots grave from orbit

For the past two years, a NASA spacecraft has sat lifeless on the surface of Mars, its solar panels caked with dirt. From a vantage point in space, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently caught a glimpse of the dormant InSight lander. The new images are not only a last goodbye to the lander but capture the incredibly turbulent nature of dust storms on the Red Planet. Despite the fact that InSight retired in December 2022, engineers quietly hoped that the robot, unable to communicate