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InSight: Tour a Mars robot test lab

Posted on March 8, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time. And like any crane … Continue reading →

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InSight spacecraft arrives at launch site

Posted on March 1, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California to begin final preparations for a launch this May. The spacecraft was shipped from Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, today and arrived at Vandenberg at 3:49 p.m. PST … Continue reading →

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NASA Mars Report, February 26, 2018

Posted on February 27, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s Curiosity finds crystals, Opportunity celebrates her 5,000th day on Mars, and the MarCO smallsats get solar arrays. [More at link]

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Seven ways Mars InSight is different

Posted on February 23, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars InSight lander team is preparing to ship the spacecraft from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, where it was built and tested, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where it will become the first interplanetary mission to launch … Continue reading →

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InSight Mars lander spreads its solar wings

Posted on January 24, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s next mission to Mars passed a key test Tuesday, extending the solar arrays that will power the InSight spacecraft once it lands on the Red Planet this November. The test took place at Lockheed Martin Space just outside of … Continue reading →

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Next NASA Mars mission to investigate interior

Posted on August 28, 2017 by rburnham

Preparation of NASA’s next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California — the first interplanetary launch in history from America’s West Coast. Lockheed Martin … Continue reading →

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InSight: Elysium landing site coverage by HiRISE

Posted on March 30, 2017 by rburnham

This map shows footprints of images taken from Mars orbit by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera as part of advance analysis of the area where NASA’s InSight mission will land in 2018. The final planned image of … Continue reading →

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Mars mantle models pave way for InSight lander

Posted on January 25, 2017 by rburnham

When NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander touches down on Mars in November 2018, it will become the planet’s most advanced geophysical monitoring station. From its landing site on the plains of Elysium Planitia, … Continue reading →

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Earthquakes, ‘Marsquakes,’ and possible life

Posted on September 16, 2016 by rburnham

A new study shows that rocks formed by the grinding together of other rocks during earthquakes are rich in trapped hydrogen — a finding that suggests similar seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life. Researchers from … Continue reading →

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InSight cleared for 2018 launch

Posted on September 2, 2016 by rburnham

NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars, following final approval this week by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat … Continue reading →

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