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InSight update, Sols 1-24, by Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society

Posted on December 26, 2018 by rburnham

It’s been a busy first three weeks on the InSight mission, and they’ve already achieved a major milestone: placing the seismometer on the ground. In this post I’ll give a few brief highlights of the latest mission activities, and then … Continue reading →

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NASA Mars Report, December 20, 2018

Posted on December 21, 2018 by rburnham
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InSight: Lander has its SEIS on the ground

Posted on December 21, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 24, December 21, 2018. This view was taken through the dust-spattered lens of the Instrument Context Camera and shows the deployed SEIS seismometer on the ground in front of the lander. Each ICC image has a field of view … Continue reading →

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InSight: Seismometer deployed on the ground

Posted on December 20, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone. New images from the lander show the seismometer on the ground, its copper-colored covering faintly illuminated in the Martian dusk. It looks … Continue reading →

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InSight: Building a Mars Rock Garden

Posted on December 18, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s InSight lander is due to set its first science instrument on Mars in the coming days. But engineers here on Earth already saw it happen — last week. Like NASA’s Curiosity rover, InSight has a full-scale working model at … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: InSight lander on Mars

Posted on December 13, 2018 by rburnham

This is a HiRISE image of the NASA InSight lander, plus other pieces of hardware on Mars after its successful landing on 26 November 2018.It looks like the heat shield (upper right) has its dark outside facing down, since it … Continue reading →

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InSight: First selfie

Posted on December 12, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s InSight lander isn’t camera-shy. The spacecraft used a camera on its robotic arm to take its first selfie – a mosaic made up of 11 images. This is the same imaging process used by NASA’s Curiosity rover mission, in … Continue reading →

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InSight: Listening to the wind on Mars

Posted on December 7, 2018 by rburnham

NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first ever “sounds” of Martian winds on the Red Planet. A media teleconference about these sounds … Continue reading →

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InSight: Solar panel deployed, more to come —

Posted on December 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 10, December 7, 2018. InSight is continuing to set up shop on Elysium Planitia; the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) is recording the steps as the spacecraft unpacks after the trip from Earth. Each IDC image has a field of … Continue reading →

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InSight: Flexing the arm

Posted on December 6, 2018 by rburnham

New images from NASA’s Mars InSight lander show its robotic arm is ready to do some lifting. With a reach of nearly 6 feet (2 meters), the arm will be used to pick up science instruments from the lander’s deck, … Continue reading →

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