Saturday, May 5, 2018

Mars InSight launched this morning!


NASA launched its latest mission to Mars this morning.  The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) took off about 7:05 am EDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

InSight will land on Mars November 26, after a trip of over 300 million miles.  It will look beneath the Martian surface, measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes. 

Its mission will take about two years.

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