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Topic: NASA’s InSight mission
The maneuver is in preparation for a tactic, to be tried over several weeks, called “pinning.” ![]() NASA InSight’s robotic arm will use its scoop to pin the spacecraft’s heat probe, or “mole,” against the wall of its hole. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA Deadline for Names to Fly on NASA’s Next Mars Rover approaches
This rover is scheduled to launch as early as July 2020 and expected to touch down on Mars in February 2021. The Mars 2020 rover represents the initial leg of humanity’s first planned round trip to another planet. ![]() The actor Brad Pitt (right) shows off his “boarding pass” for Mars with Jennifer Trosper (left), the Mars 2020 project systems engineer, at JPL on Sept. 6, 2019. You can send your name to Mars aboard NASA’s Mars 2020 rover at https://go.nasa.gov/mars2020pass until Sept. 30, 2019. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s InSight Lander’s heat sensing spike revealed
“We’ve completed the first step in our plan to save the mole,” said Troy Hudson of a scientist and engineer with the InSight mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. ![]() On June 28, 2019, NASA’s InSight lander used its robotic arm to move the support structure for its digging instrument, informally called the “mole.” This view was captured by the fisheye Instrument Context Camera under the lander’s deck. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes pictures of InSight Lander from SpaceNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The InSight lander, its heat shield and parachute were spotted by HiRISE (which stands for High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment), which is onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, in one set of images last week on December 6th, and again on Tuesday, December 11th. ![]() NASA’s InSight lander on the surface of Mars imaged by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA explains why it’s important to study Space RocksNASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Those clues come in the form of asteroids, comets and other small objects. Like detectives sifting through forensic evidence, scientists carefully examine these small bodies for insights about our origins. ![]() The small worlds of our solar system help us trace its history and evolution, including comets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA InSight mission to carry 2.4 Million Names to MarsWritten by Andrew Good
More than 1.6 million people signed up to have their names etched on a microchip that will be carried on NASA’s upcoming InSight mission, which launches in May of 2018. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, reopened the opportunity after it proved successful in 2015. During that open call, nearly 827,000 names were collected for a microchip that now sits on top of the robotic InSight lander. ![]() A spacecraft specialist in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, where the InSight lander is being tested, affixes a dime-size chip onto the lander deck in November 2015. A second microchip will be added in 2018. (NASA/JPL Caltech/Lockheed Martin) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s InSight Spacecraft set to launch in May 2018 for MarsWritten by Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo
InSight’s primary goal is to help us understand how rocky planets — including Earth — formed and evolved. The spacecraft had been on track to launch this month until a vacuum leak in its prime science instrument prompted NASA in December to suspend preparations for launch. ![]() This artist’s concept from August 2015 depicts NASA’s InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA scubs InSight Spacecraft launch planned for March 2016Written by Dwayne Brown and Laurie Cantillo
“Learning about the interior structure of Mars has been a high priority objective for planetary scientists since the Viking era,” said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “We push the boundaries of space technology with our missions to enable science, but space exploration is unforgiving, and the bottom line is that we’re not ready to launch in the 2016 window. A decision on a path forward will be made in the coming months, but one thing is clear: NASA remains fully committed to the scientific discovery and exploration of Mars.” ![]() This artist’s concept from August 2015 depicts NASA’s InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s prepares for Next Giant Leap, Mars and BeyondNASA
We stand on a new horizon, poised to take the next giant leap—deeper into the solar system. The Apollo missions blazed a path for human exploration to the moon and today we are extending that path to near-Earth asteroids, Mars and beyond. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
NASA begins construction on 2016 Mars Lander, named InSightWritten by Guy Webster
NASA’s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission will pierce beneath the Martian surface to study its interior. The mission will investigate how Earth-like planets formed and developed their layered inner structure of core, mantle and crust, and will collect information about those interior zones using instruments never before used on Mars. ![]() This artist’s concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
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