InSight
The NASA InSight mission placed a stationary laboratory on Mars to measure marsquakes, heat flow, rotation, and the planet internal structure.
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- InSight missionMars InSight mission
- Name
- InSight
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- The NASA InSight mission placed a stationary laboratory on Mars to measure marsquakes, heat flow, rotation, and the planet internal structure.
- Destination
- Surface of Mars at Elysium Planitia for measuring marsquakes, heat flow, rotation, and the planet’s interior structure
- End Date
- 2022-12-15
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- InSight landed on November 26, 2018, delivered the first comprehensive geophysical observations from Mars, and ended operations after dust accumulation reduced power and NASA retired the mission in December 2022.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2018-05-05
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/insight/
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- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:45:06 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 03:30:34 UTC
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