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InSight

"Insight (spacecraft)" redirects here. For the Chinese spacecraft also called Insight, see Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope. For other uses, see Insight (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with iSight.

InSight
The InSight lander with solar panels deployed in a cleanroom during preflight testing
NamesInterior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport
Geophysical Monitoring Station (GMS)
Discovery # 12
Mission typeMars lander
OperatorNASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
COSPAR ID2018-042A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.43457
WebsiteMars.NASA.gov/InSight
Mission durationPlanned: 709 sols (2 years)[1][2]
Final: 1440 sols (4 years, 18 days)
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerLockheed Martin Space
Launch mass694 kg (1,530 lb)[3]
Landing mass358 kg (789 lb)
Dimensions6.0 × 1.56 × 1.0 m (19.7 × 5.1 × 3.3 ft) (deployed)[4]
Power600 watts, solar / lithium-ion battery
Start of mission
Launch date5 May 2018, 11:05:01 UTC
RocketAtlas V 401[5]
Launch siteVandenberg, SLC-3E
ContractorUnited Launch Alliance
Entered service26 November 2018
End of mission
Declared21 December 2022
Last contact15 December 2022 (official)[6][7]
Mars lander
Landing date26 November 2018, 19:52:59 UTC[2]
MSD 51511 05:14 AMT
Landing siteElysium Planitia[8][9]
4°30′09″N 135°37′24″E / 4.5024°N 135.6234°E / 4.5024; 135.6234 (InSight landing site)[10]
Flyby of Mars
Spacecraft componentMars Cube One (MarCO)
Closest approach26 November 2018, 19:52:59 UTC[2]
Distance3,500 km (2,200 mi)[11]

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The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight)[1] mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.[1][12][13] It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space, was managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),[14] and two of its three scientific instruments were built by European agencies.[15] The mission launched on 5 May 2018 at 11:05:01 UTC aboard an Atlas V-401 launch vehicle[16] and successfully landed[17] at Elysium Planitia on Mars on 26 November 2018 at 19:52:59 UTC.[18][19][16][20] InSight was active on Mars for 1440 sols (1480 days; 4 years, 19 days).

InSight's objectives were to place a seismometer, called Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), on the surface of Mars to measure seismic activity and provide accurate 3D models of the planet's interior; and measure internal heat transfer using a heat probe called HP3 to study Mars' early geological evolution.[21] This was intended to provide a new understanding of how the Solar System's terrestrial planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars – and Earth's Moon formed and evolved.

The lander was originally planned for launch in March 2016.[13][22] An instrument problem delayed the launch beyond the 2016 launch window. NASA officials rescheduled the InSight launch to May 2018[23] and during the wait the instrument was repaired. This increased the total cost from US$675 million to US$830 million.[24]

InSight successfully landed on Mars on 26 November 2018. Due to excessive dust on its solar panels preventing it from recharging, NASA put InSight in low-power mode for detecting seismic events in July 2022 and continued monitoring the lander through the operational period ending in December 2022.[25][26] On 20 December 2022, NASA announced that the InSight lander had lost communications with Earth on 15 December 2022, with the end of the mission being declared on 21 December 2022.[6][7]

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  6. ^ a b Chang, Kenneth (22 December 2022). "NASA's InSight Mission Dies After 4 Years of Listening for Marsquakes - After four years of making important discoveries about the interior of the red planet, the stationary lander lost power because of Martian dust covering its solar panels". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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  11. ^ MarCO: Planetary CubeSats Become Real Archived 16 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Van Kane, The Planetary Society 8 July 2015
  12. ^ Chang, Kenneth (30 April 2018). "Mars InSight: NASA's Journey into the Red Planet's Deepest Mysteries". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  13. ^ a b Vastag, Brian (20 August 2012). "NASA will send robot drill to Mars in 2016". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  14. ^ "InSight". Lockheed Martin. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  15. ^ "European Contributions to the InSight mission to Mars – Europlanet Society". europlanet-society.org. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  16. ^ a b Chang, Kenneth (5 May 2018). "NASA's InSight Launches for Six-Month Journey to Mars". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Mars Beckons – Scientists hope to uncover some of the secrets of that distant world – and maybe some of our own". The New York Times. 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  18. ^ Chang, Kenneth (26 November 2018). "NASA's Mars InSight Landing: Back to the Red Planet Once Again – The NASA spacecraft will arrive at the red planet today and attempt to reach its surface in one piece". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  19. ^ Gabbatt, Adam (26 November 2018). "InSight lander: Nasa probe approaches Mars – live updates". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  20. ^ Gov, Mars. Nasa. "About InSight's Launch". Nasa's Insight Mars Lander. NASA. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  21. ^ "What are InSight's Science Tools?". NASA. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2023.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  22. ^ David, Leonard (14 November 2017). "NASA's Next Mars Lander Zooms toward Launch". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017.
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference sfnow20160309 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  24. ^ Webster, Guy; Brown, Dwayne; Cantillo, Laurie (2 September 2016). "NASA Approves 2018 Launch of Mars InSight Mission". NASA. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2018.*Hotz, Robert Lee (26 November 2018). "NASA's InSight Spacecraft Lands Safely on Mars: Mars lander will probe the planet's interior following a 300-million-mile journey". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018. Jubilant NASA engineers cheered Monday as the US$828 million InSight lander signaled a safe landing on Mars...
  25. ^ "NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions". NASA. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  26. ^ "Dusty demise for NASA Mars lander in July, power dwindling". NBC News. 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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