May 6, 2018
NASA Just Launched a Mars Lander That Will Dig Deep into the Red Planet
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: satellites
A mission like no other.
NASA successfully launched its InSight lander Saturday, setting off its mission to Mars.
The InSight lander – short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport – is set to arrive on Mars in November 2018. It was launched attached to the Atlas V rocket from the Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California before it later detached to make its way over to the Red Planet.
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