NASA’s InSight landed on Mars!
Published on Nov 26, 2018
NASA’s InSight mission successfully landed on Elysium Planitia, Mars, on 26 November 2018, at around 19:54 UTC (12:54 PST, 15:54 EST). The InSight lander, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a NASA mission designed to study Mars’ interior structure.
Mission Control Live: NASA InSight Mars Landing
Streamed live 103 minutes ago
Original air date: November 26, 2018 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET)
See inside mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as signals return from the InSight mission as it lands on Mars. Landing commentary includes interviews with team members.
Inside NASA's InSight landing on Mars
Published on Nov 30, 2018
Years of preparation, engineering and mind-boggling maths led to seven nail-baiting minutes that decided the fate of the InSight lander. Claire Reilly looks at the successful landing that could have gone very wrong.
Sounds of Mars: NASA’s InSight Senses Martian Wind
Published on Dec 7, 2018
Listen to Martian wind blow across NASA’s InSight lander. The spacecraft’s seismometer and air pressure sensor picked up vibrations from 10-15 mph (16-24 kph) winds as they blew across Mars’ Elysium Planitia on Dec. 1, 2018.
The seismometer readings are in the range of human hearing, but are nearly all bass and difficult to hear on laptop speakers and mobile devices. We provide the original audio and a version pitched up by two octaves to make them audible on mobile devices. Playback is suggested on a sound system with a subwoofer or through headphones. Readings from the air pressure sensor have been sped up by a factor of 100 times to make them audible.
NASA’s InSight Lander Accomplishes Science Goals on Mars as Power Levels Diminish
May 17, 2022
NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. During its time on the Red Planet, InSight has achieved all its primary science goals and continues to hunt for quakes on Mars.
The mission is the first to reveal the interior structure of Mars, using marsquakes to study the layers inside the planet. InSight’s seismometer was the first to detect a quake on another planet. InSight also measured weather at Elysium Planitia for four years with a unique set of meteorological sensors.
InSight has also persisted through adversity. The team found innovative ways to take on engineering challenges they encountered. InSight’s findings help scientists understand how all rocky worlds, including Earth and its Moon, formed.
InSight’s final selfie and last images
Dec 21, 2022
InSight’s final images: NASA InSight mission controllers were unable to contact the lander after two consecutive attempts, leading them to conclude the spacecraft’s solar-powered batteries have run out of energy. The last time InSight communicated with Earth was 15 December 2022. InSight's Final Selfie was taken on 24 April 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. InSight’s final images were received on 11 December 2022.
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