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InSight Launching to Mars

An artist's rendering of a rocket launching with the InSight spacecraft in May.

March 29, 2018

An artist's rendering of a rocket launching with the InSight spacecraft in May.

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The red dot marks the final landing location of NASA's InSight lander in this annotated image of the surface of Mars, taken by the THEMIS camera on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter in 2015.
InSight's Final Location on Mars
MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 10,900 miles (17,500 kilometers) away just after NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on Nov....
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MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 10,900 miles (17,500 kilometers) away just after NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on Nov. 26, 2018.
Away from Mars, With Reflection
This illustration shows NASA’s InSight lander separating from its cruise stage as it prepares to enter Mars’ atmosphere. The InSight lander is on the right, tucked inside a protective heat shield a...
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This illustration shows NASA’s InSight lander separating from its cruise stage as it prepares to enter Mars’ atmosphere. The InSight lander is on the right, tucked inside a protective heat shield and back shell. The cruise stage with solar panels is on the left.
Illustration of InSight Cruise Stage Separation
This is NASA InSight's first selfie on Mars. It displays the lander's solar panels and deck. On top of the deck are its science instruments, weather sensor booms and UHF antenna.
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This is NASA InSight's first selfie on Mars. It displays the lander's solar panels and deck. On top of the deck are its science instruments, weather sensor booms and UHF antenna.
InSight's First Selfie
A truck carrying NASA's InSight spacecraft leaves Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, where the spacecraft was built and tested, on February 28, 2018. InSight was driven to Buckley Air Force Base, where...
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Shipping InSight Mars Spacecraft to Buckley Air Force Base
Artist rendition of the proposed InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander.
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Artist rendition of the proposed InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander.
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This map shows the temperature of the Martian atmosphere 16 miles above the surface. The data were taken on Nov. 18, 2018, by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, about one week before NASA's InSigh...
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This map shows the temperature of the Martian atmosphere 16 miles above the surface. The data were taken on Nov. 18, 2018, by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, about one week before NASA's InSight lander is scheduled to touch down on the Martian surface.
Martian Weather Forecast for InSight Landing
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Technicians in a Lockheed Martin clean room near Denver prepare NASA's InSight Mars lander for propulsion proof and leak testing on Oct. 31, 2014.
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Technicians in a Lockheed Martin clean room near Denver prepare NASA's InSight Mars lander for propulsion proof and leak testing on Oct. 31, 2014.
Work on NASA's InSight Lander Starts New Phase
This video includes a seismogram and sonification of the signals recorded by NASA’s InSight Mars lander, which detected an estimated magnitude 5 quake on May 4, 2022, the 1,222nd Martian day, or so...
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This video includes a seismogram and sonification of the signals recorded by NASA’s InSight Mars lander, which detected an estimated magnitude 5 quake on May 4, 2022, the 1,222nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Seismogram and Sonification of InSight's Big Martian Quake
NASA's InSight spacecraft captured this panorama of its landing site on Dec. 9, 2018, the 14th Martian day, or sol, of its mission. The 290-degree perspective surveys the rim of the degraded crater...
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InSight captured this panorama of its landing site on the 14th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
InSight Sol 14 Panorama
NASA's next mission to Mars is weeks away from launch. InSight is more than a Mars mission. Its team members hope to unlock the mysteries of the formation and evolution of rocky planets, including ...
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One of the MarCO CubeSats inside a cleanroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, before being placed into its deployment box.
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One of the MarCO CubeSats inside a cleanroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, before being placed into its deployment box.
MarCO and Dispenser
NASA's Curiosity finds crystals, Opportunity celebrates her 5,000th day on Mars and the MarCO smallsats get solar arrays.
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NASA InSight recently moved its robotic arm closer to its digging device, called the "mole," in preparation to push on its top, or back cap
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NASA InSight recently moved its robotic arm closer to its digging device, called the "mole," in preparation to push on its top, or back cap.
InSight Prepares to Push on the Mole
Mars is experiencing large regional dust storms over its northern hemisphere during the past week.
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The Martian Dust Storm of June 2018
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InSight's ‘Mole' Comes to Rest
An artist's rendition of how a rocky planet forms. 
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A Rocky Planet Forms
Troy Hudson, right, shares the science of NASA's InSight mission with kids at San Francisco's Exploratorium in April 2018. Hudson is a scientist and engineer with InSight.
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This is an image of Troy Hudson sharing the science of NASA’s InSight mission with kids at San Francisco’s Exploratorium in April 2018. Hudson is a scientist and engineer with InSight.
Troy Sharing Mars Science
One of the two MarCO (Mars Cube One) CubeSat spacecraft, with its insides displayed, is seen at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
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MarCO Flight Hardware 1
Listen to data from the seismometer on NASA's InSight spacecraft of vibrations caused by Martian wind moving over the lander's solar panels.
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An artist’s impression of InSight’s Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL).
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An artist’s impression of InSight’s Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL).
InSight's Entry, Descent and Landing
Visitors await news of InSight's landing during a viewing party at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 26, 2018.
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Visitors await news of InSight's landing during a viewing party at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 26, 2018.
California Science Center Hosts a Landing Viewing Party
Spacecraft specialists in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, are working on NASA's InSight spacecraft in this January 2015 scene from the mission's assembly and testing phase.
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Spacecraft specialists in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, are working on NASA's InSight spacecraft in this January 2015 scene from the mission's assembly and testing phase.
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This artist's concept shows the InSight spacecraft, encapsulated in its aeroshell, as it cruises to Mars. 
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This artist's concept shows the InSight spacecraft, encapsulated in its aeroshell, as it cruises to Mars.
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