InSight lander moves its support structure to uncover its stuck 'mole' in preparation for rescue

NASA's Insight lander got one step closer to extricating a crucial device that has been wedged in Martian soil since February. In the first of several planned maneuvers, NASA's Insight lander carefully moved part of its support structure which was obscuring the agency's view, using the lander's robotic arm. The successful move puts a probe called the'mole' within NASA's view for the first time since it was ordered to stop drilling earlier this year. NASA's Insight Lander carefully moved part of its support structure which was obscuring the agency's view, using the lander's robotic arm. 'We've completed the first step in our plan to save the mole,' said Troy Hudson of a scientist and engineer with the InSight mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a statement.