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InSight Lander, 3D Model

April 27, 2019

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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ForeSight, a fully functional, full-size model of NASA's InSight lander, grasps a model of the lander's Wind and Thermal Shield while engineer Maggie Williams looks on. This testing was done at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
ForeSight's Grapple
InSight is lining up to land on Mars. The trip from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars is 6-and-a-half minutes of sheer terror.
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InSight is lining up to land on Mars. The trip from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars is 6-and-a-half minutes of sheer terror.
Arrival
InSight captured this image of one of its dust-covered solar panels on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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InSight captured this image of one of its dust-covered solar panels on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
InSight's Dusty Solar Panel
Pourquoi les plus hauts sommets du système solaire se trouvent-ils sur l'un de ses plus petits corps planétaires? Comme pour toute planète, l’aspect de la surface martienne est liée à ce qui se pas...
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Pourquoi les plus hauts sommets du système solaire se trouvent-ils sur l'un de ses plus petits corps planétaires? Comme pour toute planète, l’aspect de la surface martienne est liée à ce qui se passe en profondeur.
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NASA's InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on Feb. 2 (Sol 66). The shield covers InSight's seismometer, which was set down onto the Martian surface on Dec. 19.
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NASA's InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on Feb. 2 (Sol 66). The shield covers InSight's seismometer, which was set down onto the Martian surface on Dec. 19.
InSight Deploys Its Wind and Thermal Shield
Employees and visitors at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory gather on Nov. 26, 2018, to watch InSight land on Mars.
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Employees and visitors at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory gather on Nov. 26, 2018, to watch InSight land on Mars.
Employees and Visitors Gather at JPL before InSight Landing
This artist's concept shows the InSight spacecraft, encapsulated in its aeroshell, as it cruises to Mars. 
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This artist's concept shows the InSight spacecraft, encapsulated in its aeroshell, as it cruises to Mars.
InSight Cruises to Mars (Artist's Concept)
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
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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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.
Signs of the Heat Probe Shifting on Mars
The InSight spacecraft approaches Mars in this artist’s concept.
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The InSight spacecraft approaches Mars in this artist’s concept.
InSight Approaching Mars
This annotated version of MarCO's first image of Mars details the thermal blanket, high gain antenna, and Mars.
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This annotated version of MarCO's first image of Mars details the thermal blanket, high gain antenna, and Mars.
NASA's First Image of Mars from a CubeSat
As visible in this two-frame set of images, NASA’s InSight spacecraft unlatched its robotic arm on Nov. 27, 2018, the day after it landed on Mars. 
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As visible in this two-frame set of images, NASA’s InSight spacecraft unlatched its robotic arm on Nov. 27, 2018, the day after it landed on Mars.
Unlatching InSight's Arm
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MarCO: First Interplanetary CubeSat Mission
MarCO: First Interplanetary CubeSat Mission
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, ...
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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, of the mission.
InSight's Seismogram of Big Martian Quake
This spectrogram 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 1,222nd Martian day, or so...
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This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet.
InSight's Spectrogram of Big Martian Quake
The payload fairing of the Atlas V rocket that would launch NASA's InSight lander to Mars is lifted up so that it can be mated to the top of the rocket.
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The payload fairing of the Atlas V rocket that would launch NASA's InSight lander to Mars is lifted up so that it can be mated to the top of the rocket.
InSight Payload Fairing Lift and Mate
Actor Robert Downey Jr. posed with members of NASA's Mars InSight lander team before the Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 22, 2019.
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Actor Robert Downey Jr. posed with members of NASA's Mars InSight lander team before the Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 22, 2019.
Robert Downey Jr. Meets Team InSight
The team behind NASA's InSight lander has informally named a rock on Mars “Rolling Stones Rock” after the band.
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The team behind NASA's InSight lander has informally named a rock on Mars “Rolling Stones Rock” after the band.
NASA Names "Rolling Stones Rock" on Mars
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
This artist's concept depicts NASA's InSight lander after it has deployed its instruments on the Martian surface. 
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's InSight lander after it has deployed its instruments on the Martian surface.
InSight Deploys its Instruments
NASA's InSight spacecraft is currently cruising to Mars. Yesterday, it performed its first course correction guiding it to the Red Planet.
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NASA's InSight spacecraft is currently cruising to Mars. Yesterday, it performed its first course correction guiding it to the Red Planet.
InSight Is on Its Way to Mars
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Engineers Marleen Sundgaard (left) and Pranay Mishra measure their test lander's "workspace" -- the terrain where scientists want to set InSight's instruments -- at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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Engineers Marleen Sundgaard (left) and Pranay Mishra measure their test lander's "workspace" -- the terrain where scientists want to set InSight's instruments -- at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Measuring the Workspace
NASA's InSight lander will travel to Mars next year. When it does, it will be carrying two microchips bearing the names of members of the public.
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NASA's InSight lander will travel to Mars next year. When it does, it will be carrying two microchips bearing the names of members of the public.
Send Your Name to Mars
The sound of a meteoroid striking Mars – created from data recorded by NASA’s InSight lander – is like a “bloop” due to a peculiar atmospheric effect. In this audio clip, the sound can be heard thr...
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In this audio clip, the sound can be heard three times: when the meteoroid enters the Martian atmosphere, explodes into pieces, and impacts the surface.
Listen to a Meteoroid Hitting the Red Planet

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