NASA’s InSight Rover Tweets Us A Heartbreaking Goodbye – SlashGear

NASA’s InSight has its own Twitter profile, and through that, the mission’s team is able to share news about InSight’s discoveries, including the time it was able to record the sound of wind on Mars — the first time we’ve been able to hear the wind on another planet. This time around, instead of sharing a happy update, the robot said its final farewell. Over two years past its original mission time, InSight is running out of resources and will not be able to keep communicating with Earth for much longer. 

NASA seems fond of making Twitter accounts for its probes and robots. It’s an approachable way to keep the general public up to date on each mission, so InSight is not the only robot with a Twitter account. In fact, in a recent tweet, InSight said: “Time may be short for me, but I’ll keep sending back science for as long as I can. Meanwhile, I’m not the only bot on Mars.” The message was followed by links to the NASA Persevere and NASA Curiosity Twitter accounts. 

InSight’s final tweet definitely humanized the robot and it went viral in record time, with over half a million likes at the time of writing. “My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene,” said the tweet, signing off with a short, but heart-wrenching, “Thanks for staying with me.”