NASA Mars InSight lander is sitting in a 'large sandbox' tilted at an angle of about four degrees

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The rover can work normally with an inclination of up to 15 degrees

NASA's Mars InSight spacecraft, which successfully landed on the Martian surface last month, has settled nicely on the surface of the planet. According to NASA, it is sitting in shallow dust, sl...

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