Temperature and Winds for InSight

Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS)

TWINS sensor
Operator	NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Manufacturer	Spanish Astrobiology Center (CSIC-INTA)
Instrument type	Atmospheric sensors
Function	Meteorology suite
Mission duration	2 years (planned)
Began operations	26 November 2018, 19:52:59 UTC (landing)
Host spacecraft
Spacecraft	InSight
Operator	NASA / JPL
Launch date	5 May 2018, 11:05 UTC
Rocket	Atlas V 401 [1]
COSPAR ID	2018-042A

Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS) is a NASA meteorological suite of instruments on board the InSight lander that landed on Mars on 26 November 2018. TWINS provides continuous wind and air temperature measurements to help understand the seismic data from the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument. The instruments were developed by the Spanish Astrobiology Center at Madrid, Spain.