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InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

Illustration of InSight lander on Mars
InSight studies the processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system by studying Mars’ interior structure.Launch: May 2018Operating Network: Deep Space Network

InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion years ago. It is the first outer space robotic explorer to study in-depth the “inner space” of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.

Launch: May 2018Operating Network: Deep Space Network

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