Featured Featured InSight is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion years ago. Mission Overview Featured Learn about the Mars Lander's instruments from A-Z. Take a deep dive into detailed descriptions about the science instruments. Science Tools Featured InSight is scheduled to launch under pre-dawn skies, off the central coast of California from Vandenberg Air Force Base in May 2018. Launch Featured InSight is scheduled to launch in May 2018, followed by six months of cruise to Mars, arrival, and Mars surface operations. Mission Timeline Featured InSight's landing site is Elysium Planitia, a flat, smooth plain selected not for its surface features, but for safety considerations. Landing Site
