Venus, Earth and Its Moon, and Mars

A partial view of the deck of NASA's InSight lander, where it stands on the Martian plains Elysium Planitia. The image was received on Dec. 4, 2018 (Sol 8).

This seismogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. Estimated at magnitude 5, this quake was discovered by NASA’s InSight lander on May 4, 2022, the 1,222 Martian day, or sol, ...

This illustration shows NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface.

On June 28, 2019, NASA's InSight lander used its robotic arm to move the support structure for its digging instrument, informally called the "mole." This view was captured by the fisheye Instrument...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy an...

The Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Aug. 22, 2019, after actor Robert Downey Jr. announced to the crowd that a rock on Mars had been named for the band by NASA's InSight m...

Get your boarding pass to fly your name on the next mission to Mars

In this photo, NASA's InSight Mars lander is stowed inside the inverted back shell of the spacecraft's protective aeroshell. It was taken on July 13, 2015, in a clean room of spacecraft assembly an...

This artist's rendition shows NASA's future InSight Mars lander spacecraft on the Red Planet. The mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2016, is designed to investigate the evolution of Mars.

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...

Educators participate in a teacher's workshop on March 10, 2018, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 

This image of a footpad on NASA’s Insight lander was taken by the Instrument Deployment Camera during the assembly, test and launch operations phase at Lockheed Martin Space, Denver. The Instrument...

Vice President Mike Pence, left, speaks with Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, right, in a clean room facility near Denver, Colorado, where Lockh...

The 70m antenna at Goldstone, California against the background of the Mojave desert.

A camera calibration target sits on the deck of the NASA's InSight lander, adorned with the flags of the countries participating in the mission.

Listen to Martian wind blow across NASA’s InSight lander. The spacecraft’s seismometer and air pressure sensor picked up vibrations from 10-15 mph (16-24 kph) winds as they blew across Mars’ Elysiu...

This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander descending towards the surface of Mars on its parachute.

Engineers use a replica of NASA's InSight lander, which will launch to Mars later this year, at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

NASA’s InSight Mars lander is waiting for liftoff from its launch pad, SLC-3E, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California. Also on the Atlas V 401 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance ...

Technology can take you to unexpected places. The MarCO cubesats, flying towards Mars with InSight, are breaking new ground on how far these small satellites can go.

NASA-JPL InSight systems engineer Julie Wertz helps land spacecraft on the Red Planet. This includes entering the atmosphere, deploying a parachute and safely touching down. This process, called en...

A C-17 cargo aircraft carrying NASA's InSight spacecraft flew from Buckley Air Force Base, Denver, to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on February 28, 2018. The spacecraft was being shipped f...

Spacecraft specialists at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, prepare NASA's InSight spacecraft for vibration testing as part of assuring that it is ready for the rigors of launch from Earth and...

Faire atterrir une sonde sur Mars est l’une des choses les plus complexes à réaliser. Cette vidéo de 60 secondes explique comment cela est possible, et illustre les trois systèmes d'atterrissage ut...

MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 4,700 miles (7,600 kilometers) away during its flyby of the Red Planet on Nov. 26, 2018. MarCO-B ...