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InSight's Rocket Prepares to Launch

The rocket that launched NASA’s InSight lander to Mars in 2018 is seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base, now called Vandenberg Space Force Base.

November 01, 2022

The rocket that launched NASA’s InSight lander to Mars in 2018 is seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base, now called Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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InSight-Detected Impact in August 2021
NASA’s InSight spacecraft flipped open the lens cover on its Instrument Context Camera (ICC) on Nov. 30, 2018, and captured this view of Mars. 
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NASA’s InSight spacecraft popped the lens cover off its Instrument Context Camera (ICC) on Nov. 30, 2018, and captured this view of Mars.
InSight's First View of Mars with the Cover Off
NASA's InSight lander used the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the end of its robotic arm to image this sunset on Mars on April 25, 2019, the 145th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This w...
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NASA's InSight lander used the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the end of its robotic arm to image this sunset on Mars on April 25, 2019, the 145th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This was taken around 6:30 p.m. Mars local time.
InSight Images a Sunset on Mars
The robotic arm on NASA's Mars InSight lander moves in place over the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) and opens the fingers of its grapple in this series of images from June 1, 2019.
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The robotic arm on NASA's Mars InSight lander moves in place over the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) and opens the fingers of its grapple in this series of images from June 1, 2019.
Getting Ready to Help InSight's Heat Probe
The Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 22, 2019. NASA's Mars InSight lander team named a Martian rock "Rolling Stones Rock."
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The Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 22, 2019. NASA's Mars InSight lander team named a Martian rock "Rolling Stones Rock."
Rolling Stones Take the Stage
In this photo, spacecraft specialists at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, are reaching up to guide lowering of the parachute cone for installation onto NASA's InSight spacecraft.
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In this photo, spacecraft specialists at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, are reaching up to guide lowering of the parachute cone for installation onto NASA's InSight spacecraft.
Installing the InSight Spacecraft's Parachute Cone
This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander firing retrorockets to slow down as it descends toward the surface of Mars.
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This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander firing retrorockets to slow down as it descends toward the surface of Mars.
InSight Heading Down to the Martian Surface (Illustration)
InSight is the first mission dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars.
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Animation showing Landing of InSight
Animation of InSight's Landing on Mars
MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took these images as it approached Mars, just before NASA's InSight spacecraft landed on the planet.
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MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took these images as it approached Mars, just before NASA's InSight spacecraft landed on the planet.
MarCO-B (Wall-E) approaches Mars
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The NASA InSight team reacts after receiving confirmation that the spacecraft successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, inside the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
InSight's Touchdown Celebration
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 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was first detected by the agency’s InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on Feb. 18, 2021.
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detected by the agency’s InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on Feb. 18, 2021.
InSight-Detected Impact in February 2021
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
The InSight Team at Lockheed Martin Space in May 2017.
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The InSight Team at Lockheed Martin Space in May 2017.
The InSight Team at Lockheed Martin
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The Mars lander portion of NASA's InSight spacecraft is lifted from the base of a storage container in preparation for testing, in this photo taken June 20, 2017, in a Lockheed Martin clean room facility in Littleton, Colorado.
Hoisting NASA's InSight Lander
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InSight's mole on Mars
InSight's ‘Mole' Comes to Rest
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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
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
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One of the MarCO CubeSats inside a cleanroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, before being placed into its deployment box.
MarCO and Dispenser
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Interplanetary CubeSat for Technology Demonstration at Mars
A fish-eye view of NASA's InSight lander deploying its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, taken by the spacecraft's Instrument Context Camera (ICC) on Dec. 19, 2018.
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A fish-eye view of NASA's InSight lander deploying its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, taken by the spacecraft's Instrument Context Camera (ICC) on Dec. 19, 2018.
InSight Seismometer in Motion
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars.
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Artist's Concept of InSight Lander on Mars
MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 11,300 miles (18,200 kilometers) away shortly before NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on ...
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MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 11,300 miles (18,200 kilometers) away shortly before NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on Nov. 26, 2018.
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Elysium Planitia, a flat-smooth plain just north of the equator makes for the perfect location from which to study the deep Martian interior.
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