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October 17, 2018
Mars InSight
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Engineer Marleen Sundgaard watches as the robotic arm on a test version of NASA's Mars InSight lander grasps a model of the spacecraft's seismometer. This work was done at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab...
Inspecting Instrument Deployment
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C-17 Shipping InSight Mars Spacecraft to Vandenberg Air Force Base
The science deck of NASA's InSight lander is being turned over in this April 29, 2015, photo from InSight assembly and testing operations inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
Turning the InSight Lander's Science Deck
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NASA-JPL InSight engineer Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu builds robotic components for planetary exploration, a dream that began as a young child in Ghana.
Inside InSight: Ghanaian Engineer Works on Robotic Arms for Mars
This test using an engineering model of the InSight lander here on Earth shows how the spacecraft on Mars will use its robotic arm to press on a digging device, called the "mole."
Robotic Arm Pushes on a Model of the 'Mole'
This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander kicking up dust as it lands on the Martian surface.
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Artist rendition of the proposed InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander.
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InSight Lander, 3D Model
Engineers in Pasadena, California, sculpt a gravel-like material to mimic the terrain in front of NASA's InSight lander on Mars. Recreating the exact conditions will allow them to practice setting ...
Marsforming for InSight
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The Martian Dust Storm of June 2018
NASA-JPL InSight scientist Troy Lee Hudson designs, builds, tests and flies science instruments to study Mars. Troy loves space so much that he even got the solar system tattooed on his arm.
Inside InSight: Mars Science and Space Tattoos
French engineers developed and built a quake-detecting device - a seismometer - to send to Mars as part of the NASA InSight mission. The seismometer’s principal investigator, Philippe Lognonné of F...
Inside InSight: French Scientist Aims to Detect Quakes on Mars
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The support structure of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument moved slightly during hammering, as indicated by the circular "footprints" around the instrument's footpads.
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Marsforming With HoloLens
This video and audio illustrate a seismic event detected by NASA's InSight on April 6, 2019, the 128th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Three distinct kinds of sounds can be heard: noise from M...
First Likely Marsquake Heard by NASA's InSight
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Inside InSight: Engineer Helps Land a Spacecraft on Mars
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