InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, was a NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory robotic lander mission designed to study the deep interior of Mars. Launched May 5, 2018, the lander operated on the Martian surface until NASA declared the mission ended on December 21, 2022, after losing contact on December 15, 2022.
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Mission Type OutcomeMission ended after loss of communication on December 15, 2022; NASA officially declared the mission concluded on December 21, 2022. 1 Mission Type
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a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars
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Mission type: Mars lander
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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
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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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