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InSight

Mars Lander

InSight was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of Mars. It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The mission confirmed marsquakes on the planet, indicating a still-active interior, and InSight operated on Mars for 1,440 sols, about four years and 19 days, before its mission ended in December 2022.

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Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Launch Date
2018-05-05 2
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Mission Of

InSight, Missions and Programs
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NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
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1. InSight (Wikipedia)
  • the end of the mission being declared on 21 December 2022
  • Lead section
    InSight confirmed "marsquakes" on the planet and thus a still active interior.
  • InSight article, infobox
  • Mission Of: InSight, InSight article, lead section (mission link)
    The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.
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InSight (Wikipedia)
In Group: NASA Stationary Mars Landers, lead sentence: robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet MarsView the Source
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