The next NASA lander to touch down on the surface of Mars is picking up the pace ahead of its launch on an Atlas V rocket next March. The latest milestones saw the lander deploy its solar arrays inside a Denver clean room at Lockheed Martin, marking the completion of the lander’s assembly as it heads into a rigorous environmental test program.
"Insight Mars"
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Scientists have calculated the rate of meteoroid impacts on Mars using seismic measurements NASA’s retired…
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MarsOtherScience
Through international collaboration, scientists find cause of InSight’s most powerful Marsquake
An international team of scientists has found the cause of the largest Martian seismic event,…
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In December 2022, NASA lost contact with its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and…
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On Dec. 21, 2022, NASA announced that its InSight lander mission on Mars had ended…
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NASA’s InSight lander has performed a perfect and critical entry and descent through the Martian…
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NASA’s InSight mission began a six-month journey to Mars on Saturday with liftoff aboard United…
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NASA’s InSight Mars lander is ready for the final processing sprint before its launch opportunity…
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NASA’s “Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight)” mission has received another…
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NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is back on…
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NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission has received a…
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Following last week’s dramatic exploits of Rosetta’s Philae lander on the surface of a comet,…
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This past week, NASA announced the approval of construction of the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations,…
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On Oct. 12, 2023, NASA’s Psyche mission and spacecraft will launch out into the asteroid…
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While a lot of the focus when it comes to space travel beyond Earth orbit…
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MarsUncrewed
InSight’s importance: Seismic measurements, new terrain highlight ground-breaking mission
by Joseph NavinNASA’s InSight lander, formally known as the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat…
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InSight teams push for more science in lander’s final months, Curiosity continues trek around Gale Crater
In May 2022, members of NASA’s InSight Mars lander team announced that power levels on…
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Curiosity detects potentially biologically-produced carbon signature on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been scouring Gale Crater and the slopes of Mount Sharp…
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After a year filled with new missions and discoveries, Mars and its robots look ahead to 2022
After the successful launch of three new Mars missions in the summer of 2020, Mars…
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MarsOtherUncrewed
Potential organic salt detection from Curiosity yields further evidence for past organics on Mars
While organic compounds have been confirmed on the Martian surface and near-surface areas since 2018,…