Eerie Sounds on Mars Picked Up by NASA’s InSight Lander [Audio/Video]
Put an ear to the ground on Mars and you’ll be rewarded with a symphony of sounds. Granted, you’ll need superhuman hearing, but NASA’s InSight…
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HiRISE Views InSight Lander on the Martian Surface
On November 26, NASA’s InSight mission knew the spacecraft touched down within an 81-mile-long (130-kilometer-long) landing ellipse on Mars. Now, the team has pinpointed InSight’s…
NASA InSight Safely Lands on Martian Surface, Ready to Discover What Lies Beneath
Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the…
How Scientists Will Know When InSight Touches Down on Mars
What’s the sound of a touchdown on Mars? If you’re at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it sounds like winning the Super Bowl: cheers, laughter, and…
What NASA’s InSight Can Teach Scientists About Life
Mars and Earth are like two siblings who have grown apart. There was a time when their resemblance was uncanny: Both were warm, wet, and…
NASA InSight Mission on Course for Mars Landing
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface of the…
Five Things to Know About InSight’s Upcoming Mars Landing
Every Mars landing is a knuckle-whitening feat of engineering. But each attempt has its own quirks based on where a spacecraft is going and what…
Mars Has Some of the Tallest Mountains in the Solar System
Ambitious climbers, forget Mt. Everest. Dream about Mars. The Red Planet has some of the tallest mountains in the solar system. They include Olympus Mons,…
NASA’s InSight Passes Halfway Point to Mars, All Systems Working Well
NASA’s InSight spacecraft, en route to a November 26 landing on Mars, passed the halfway mark on August 6. All of its instruments have been…
NASA’s InSight Launches, Will Study the Heart of the Red Planet
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is on a 300-million-mile trip to Mars to study for the first…
InSight Mars Mission Sets Sights on May 5 Launch
NASA’s next mission to Mars, Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), is scheduled to launch Saturday, May 5, on a first-ever…
Watch NASA’s First Interplanetary Launch From California
NASA’s InSight to Mars will be the first interplanetary launch from America’s West Coast. Residents in some of California’s coastal communities could get a front…
‘Marsquakes’ Could Reveal New Details on Martian Crust, Mantle and Core
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars. That’s when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated…
NASA’s InSight Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet
NASA’s InSight Mission will be the first mission to focus on the deep interior of Mars, boosting our understanding of how all rocky planets formed….
NASA Sets Target Launch Date for Mars InSight Mission
Project managers have set a target launch date for NASA’s InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars that begins May 5, 2018, with…
NASA Suspends 2016 InSight Mission to Mars
Unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a section of the prime instrument in the science payload has led to NASA’s decision to suspend the…
Mars Orbiter Preparing for Mars InSight Lander’s 2016 Arrival
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is preparing for the arrival of NASA’s InSight Lander, which will occur on 2016. A planned 77-second firing of six intermediate-size…
