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October 02, 2017

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The full-scale mock-up of NASA's MarCO CubeSat held by Farah Alibay, a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is dwarfed by the one-half-scale model of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orb...
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The full-scale mock-up of NASA's MarCO CubeSat held by Farah Alibay, a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is dwarfed by the one-half-scale model of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter behind her.
Size Contrast for Mars CubeSat
InSight's heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3).
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InSight's heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3).
HP3 Being Tested in Germany
An artist's rendering of the twin Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft as they fly through deep space.
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An artist's rendering of the twin Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft as they fly through deep space.
MarCOs Cruise in Deep Space
This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was discovered using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Context Camera took this image of the impact, which occur...
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This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was discovered using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Context Camera Views an Impact Crater in Amazonis Planitia
An engineering version of the robotic arm on NASA’s InSight mission lifts the engineering version of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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An engineering version of the robotic arm on NASA’s InSight mission lifts the engineering version of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
InSight Robotic Arm Test Lift of Heat Probe
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.
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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
An illustration of the route InSight takes to get to Mars.
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An illustration of the route InSight takes to get to Mars.
InSight's Route to Mars
Engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, run a test of deploying the solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander in this April 30, 2015 image.
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Engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, run a test of deploying the solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander in this April 30, 2015 image.
Solar-Array Deployment Test for InSight
Illustration of one of the twin MarCO spacecraft with some key components labeled. Front cover is left out to show some internal components. Antennas and solar arrays are in deployed configuration.
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Mars Cube One in Detail
Mars Cube One in Detail
InSight project manager Tom Hoffman and principal investigator Bruce Banerdt pose with their "boarding passes" in 2015, showing that they're both sending their names to Mars.
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InSight project manager Tom Hoffman and principal investigator Bruce Banerdt pose with their "boarding passes" in 2015, showing that they're both sending their names to Mars.
Bunny Suits
While in the landed configuration for the last time before arriving on Mars, NASA's InSight lander was commanded to deploy its solar arrays to test and verify the exact process that it will use on ...
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While in the landed configuration for the last time before arriving on Mars, NASA's InSight lander was commanded to deploy its solar arrays to test and verify the exact process that it will use on the surface of the Red Planet.
InSight Lander Solar Array Test
This GIF shows NASA InSight's heat probe, or "mole," digging about a centimeter (half an inch) below the surface last week. Using a technique called "pinning," InSight recently pressed the scoop on...
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This GIF shows NASA InSight's heat probe, or "mole," digging about a centimeter (half an inch) below the surface last week.
'Pinning' Helps the Mole Move
The solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander are deployed in this test inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
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The solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander are deployed in this test inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
InSight Lander in Mars-Surface Configuration
NASA's InSight lander placed a seismometer on the Martian surface to study marsquakes. 
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NASA's InSight lander placed a seismometer on the Martian surface to study marsquakes.
Listen to NASA's InSight at Work on Mars
One of the two MarCO (Mars Cube One) CubeSat spacecraft is seen at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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One of the two MarCO (Mars Cube One) CubeSat spacecraft is seen at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
MarCO Flight Hardware 2
This artist's impression shows InSight traveling to Mars.
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This artist's impression shows InSight traveling to Mars.
Artist's Concept of InSight Traveling to Mars
This artist's concept shows the InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments.
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This artist's concept shows the InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments.
The InSight Lander
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars. The InSight mission is scheduled to launch in May 2018 and land on ...
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This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars.
Artist's Concept of InSight Lander on Mars (Annotated)
An engineer in the clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, affixes a dime-size chip onto the lander deck of NASA's InSight spacecraft
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An engineer in the clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, affixes a dime-size chip onto the lander deck of NASA's InSight spacecraft.
Second Names Chip is Placed on InSight
Created from multiple images, this shows the deck of NASA’s InSight lander, as well as its solar panels, during the assembly, test and launch operations phase.
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Created from multiple images, this shows the deck of NASA’s InSight lander, as well as its solar panels, during the assembly, test and launch operations phase.
Test Panorama of InSight Deck Before Launch
The NASA InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, Saturday, May 5, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration us...
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The NASA InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, Saturday, May 5, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.
InSight Lifts Off 3
An example of a "boarding pass" that members of the public can download by participating in NASA's Frequent Fliers program. With each NASA mission that flies their names, individuals can accumulate...
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An example of a "boarding pass" that members of the public can download by participating in NASA's Frequent Fliers program. With each NASA mission that flies their names, individuals can accumulate "miles" on their boarding pass.
Frequent Fliers Boarding Pass
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.
The Spacecraft
This image from InSight's robotic-arm mounted Instrument Deployment Camera shows the instruments on the spacecraft's deck, with the Martian surface of Elysium Planitia in the background. The image ...
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This image from InSight's robotic-arm mounted Instrument Deployment Camera shows the instruments on the spacecraft's deck, with the Martian surface of Elysium Planitia in the background. The image was received on Dec. 4, 2018 (Sol 8).
Full View of InSight's Deck and Two Science Instruments
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Coloring sheet of the Atlas rocket
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