May be the last image I can send: Insight rover says it is signing off from Mars
2 years, 3 months ago

May be the last image I can send: Insight rover says it is signing off from Mars

Live Mint  

NASA’s InSight spacecraft, the first robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, which touched down safely on the surface of Mars four years with instruments to detect planetary seismic rumblings has put out a post in its official Twiiter handle which is signalling the end of the rover in Mars. InSight gathered new information about Mars' three major layers – crust, mantle, and core. Scientists found that the crust beneath InSight is somewhat thinner than expected – about 15 to 25 miles thick, comprising three internal layers. InSight also investigated the upper mantle using seismic waves traveling through depths of about 500 miles before returning to the surface.

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Nasa Insight mission proves Mars’s crust is thicker than scientists thought
2 years, 5 months ago

Nasa Insight mission proves Mars’s crust is thicker than scientists thought

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Martian geology mission, Nasa’s Insight lander has been listening to Marsquakes since 2018, using information contained …

One last gasp for Insight lander on Mars before dust kills the quake whisperer
2 years, 9 months ago

One last gasp for Insight lander on Mars before dust kills the quake whisperer

India Today  

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport lander, which has its ears stuck to the Martian grounds, listening to the faintest of rumbles and churnings, will have one last gasp of breath before its mission ends due to dust accumulation. We’re going to get every last bit of science we can before the lander concludes operations,” Lori …

NASA's InSight rover helps create first detailed map of the insides of Mars
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA's InSight rover helps create first detailed map of the insides of Mars

Firstpost  

The fate of almost everything on Earth’s surface is determined by infernal engines deep below. Now, thanks to an intrepid robot parked on the Martian surface by NASA in November 2018, scientists have a map of our neighbouring world’s geologic abysses, the first-ever made of another planet. Mars’ mantle also clues us in to why a planet that once built …

Mars' core, measured on seismic waves, found to be 'surprisingly' large and thin
3 years, 8 months ago

Mars' core, measured on seismic waves, found to be 'surprisingly' large and thin

Hindustan Times  

Marsquakes, or seismic tremors on Mars, have revealed hitherto unknown aspects about the anatomy of the red planet. The findings, now published over three studies in the Science journal, were the result of a thorough analysis of the Martian surface carried out by Nasa's InSight probe which landed on the planet three years ago. Among other things, the InSight probe …

NASA InSight mission confirms Mars has quakes, but its atmosphere and magnetic fields are weird
5 years, 1 month ago

NASA InSight mission confirms Mars has quakes, but its atmosphere and magnetic fields are weird

ABC  

The first 10 months of data from NASA's Mars Insight mission reveal a new picture of what lies beneath the Red Planet's surface, and it's not all we expected. Key points: The first results from the Mars Insight mission confirm Mars is geologically active, but not as active as predicted The planet also has a very dynamic atmosphere, but the …

InSight mission is digging into Mars again
5 years, 5 months ago

InSight mission is digging into Mars again

CNN  

CNN — NASA’s stationary InSight lander is slowly but surely getting to know Mars on a deeper level. The suite of geophysical instruments on InSight sounds like a doctor’s bag, giving Mars its first “checkup” since the planet formed. NASA But “the mole,” or the self-hammering heat probe, had only dug roughly 14 inches into the surface since February 28. …

Nasa InSight: What does the Mars landing hope to find?
6 years, 1 month ago

Nasa InSight: What does the Mars landing hope to find?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Using a heat flow probe, it will look at how hot Mars's insides are, allowing us to …

News from Mars: A mile-deep ice crater and marsquakes
6 years, 3 months ago

News from Mars: A mile-deep ice crater and marsquakes

CNN  

CNN — Although it looks like a beautiful mound of snow on the Red Planet, the Korolev crater would be more suited for ice skating than building a snowman. JPL-Caltech/NASA InSight's first image shortly after landing on the Martian surface on November 26, 2018.This was captured by the lander-mounted, Instrument Context Camera, with the dust shield still attached, to show …

'Touchdown confirmed': NASA's InSight spacecraft lands on Mars to probe red planet's interior
6 years, 4 months ago

'Touchdown confirmed': NASA's InSight spacecraft lands on Mars to probe red planet's interior

India TV News  

NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down safely on Mars on Monday, kicking off a two-year mission to explore the deep interior of the Red Planet. NASA's online live broadcast reported InSight touched down on Mars at approximately 2:54 p.m. EST on Monday, after a six-month, 300-million-mile journey, Xinhua news agency reported. InSight and MarCO flight controllers monitored and cheered for the …

NASA’s InSight lands safely on Mars after perilous 300 million mile journey and ‘seven minutes of terror’
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA’s InSight lands safely on Mars after perilous 300 million mile journey and ‘seven minutes of terror’

Firstpost  

NASA spacecraft ‘InSight’ designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere. After a 205-day journey through space that covered 300 million miles, NASA’s three legged InSight probe descended safely after a final, intricate seven minute maneuver on the red …

The awesome inside story of Nasa's Mars InSight landing (and all the cool science still to come)
6 years, 4 months ago

The awesome inside story of Nasa's Mars InSight landing (and all the cool science still to come)

Wired  

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is buzzing with relieved delight, welcoming Mars InSight safely to the surface of Mars. The landing today went absolutely perfect, with even the experimental live relay by the MarCo cubesats successfully delivering not just telemetry from entry, descent, and landing, but also delivering InSight’s first photograph within minutes. I travelled over a thousand miles to arrive at …

Touchdown on Mars! NASA Lands Its InSight Spacecraft
55 years, 3 months ago

Touchdown on Mars! NASA Lands Its InSight Spacecraft

Wired  

After a six-month journey across hundreds of millions of miles of deep space, NASA's InSight spacecraft—a mission nearly ten years and close to $1 billion in the making—landed successfully on the surface of Mars on Monday, touching down on the planet's surface just a few minutes before 12:00 pm PT. In the final moments of the spacecraft’s descent, the mission …

Nasa InSight Mars landing: Everything you need to know as we touch down on red planet for first time in years
6 years, 4 months ago

Nasa InSight Mars landing: Everything you need to know as we touch down on red planet for first time in years

The Independent  

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Nasa's latest Mars craft nears landing for unprecedented seismic mission
6 years, 4 months ago

Nasa's latest Mars craft nears landing for unprecedented seismic mission

India Today  

Nasa's first spacecraft built to explore the deep interior of another world streaked toward a landing scheduled for Monday on a vast, barren plain on Mars, carrying instruments to detect planetary heat and seismic rumblings never measured anywhere but Earth. The mission control team at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles hopes to receive real-time confirmation of the craft's …

InSight’s 300-million-mile journey to Mars has ended with a safe landing, NASA says
6 years, 4 months ago

InSight’s 300-million-mile journey to Mars has ended with a safe landing, NASA says

LA Times  

Kris Bruvold, left, and Sandy Krasner at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge react after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars. NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge await the landing of the InSight spacecraft on Mars. Weather forecasts from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed …

NASA’s InSight lands on Mars to explore planet’s uncharted interior
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA’s InSight lands on Mars to explore planet’s uncharted interior

CNN  

CNN — After seven months of traveling through space, the NASA InSight mission has landed on Mars. “We’ve studied Mars from orbit and from the surface since 1965, learning about its weather, atmosphere, geology and surface chemistry,” said Lori Glaze, acting director of the Planetary Science Division in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. “Now we finally will explore inside Mars and …

NASA spacecraft nears Red Planet on mission to detect ‘marsquakes’
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA spacecraft nears Red Planet on mission to detect ‘marsquakes’

Live Mint  

Los Angeles: NASA’s first robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of a distant world hurtled closer to Mars on course for a planned touchdown on Monday after a six-month voyage through space. Traveling 301 million miles from Earth, the Mars InSight spacecraft was due to reach its destination on the dusty, rock-strewn surface of the Red Planet at …

NASA launches historic InSight spacecraft with mission to Mars: 10 things you need to know
6 years, 10 months ago

NASA launches historic InSight spacecraft with mission to Mars: 10 things you need to know

India TV News  

NASA's InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars blasted off to the Red Planet on Saturday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. said a NASA commentator as the spacecraft launched on a dark, foggy morning atop an Atlas V rocket at 4:05 AM Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base …

NASA launches mission to Mars
6 years, 10 months ago

NASA launches mission to Mars

CNN  

CNN — Mars is about to get its first thorough checkup since it formed billions of years ago, as NASA’sInSight heads to the red planet after launching Saturday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California “Three … two … … zero … Lift off, of the Atlas V – launching the first interplanetary mission from the West Coast and …

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