NASA's InSight Lander 'Hears' Multiple Marsquakes and Other Odd Sounds

By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 4th, 2019

InSight imaged clouds moving overhead on April 25, 2019. The dome-covered seismometer, SEIS, is in the foreground. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

A few days ago, it was reported that NASA’s InSight lander had found evidence for an oddly pulsating magnetic field, a more magnetic crust than expected and – maybe – the existence of a […]

2 comments

NASA's InSight Mission to Mars Approved for Spring 2018 Launch

By Paul Scott Anderson, on September 3rd, 2016

Artist’s conception of InSight on the surface of Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s InSight mission to Mars will now go ahead as planned, it was announced today. After a delay due to a vacuum leak last December, with a launch originally slated for last March, it was unclear whether the mission would still […]

2 comments - (Comments are closed)

NASA's InSight Mission to Mars Suspended Due to Vacuum Leak in Critical Seismometer Instrument

By Paul Scott Anderson, on December 23rd, 2015

Artist’s conception of the InSight lander on Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA officially announced at a media teleconference yesterday that the InSight mission to Mars has now been postponed, for at least two years, due to a leak in a seismometer instrument which cannot be repaired in time for the planned launch in […]

2 comments - (Comments are closed)

NASA's InSight Lander Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Prepares for Launch to Mars

By Paul Scott Anderson, on December 22nd, 2015

A crate containing the InSight lander is loaded onto a C-17 cargo aircraft at Buckley Air Force Base, Denver. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin

Update: Just after this article was published, it was announced that there may be a launch delay due to the problem with a vacuum leak in the seismometer instrument. Today, […]

5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Vacuum Leak Discovered in Key Science Instrument for InSight Mission to Mars

By Paul Scott Anderson, on December 7th, 2015

Artist’s conception of the InSight lander on Mars. The SEIS instrument is the dome-shaped object in the foreground. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

One of the science instruments being installed on the InSight lander is experiencing a vacuum leak, according to an update posted Dec. 3 on the JPL website. The leak is in the […]

One comment - (Comments are closed)

NASA Gives ‘GO’ to Start Construction of InSight 2016 Lander to Elucidate Mars Core

By Ken Kremer, on May 27th, 2014

NASA’s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission will pierce beneath the Martian surface to study its interior. Insight will hammer the deepest ever hole into the Red Planet to elucidate clues to the Martian core and how Earth-like planets formed. Launch is scheduled for March 2016. Credit: NASA

[…]

4 comments - (Comments are closed)