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NASA's InSight Probe Has Successfully Landed on Mars

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It’s the eighth time a vessel from the space agency has reached the red planet.

 

Update: NASA’s InSight probe landed safely on the Martian surface at around 3pm EST on Monday afternoon. The successful landing marks the eighth time a vessel from the space agency has reached the red planet, where it’s expected to investigate Mars’ interior and shed light on our own solar system.

Original story: NASA is heading back to Mars.

The space agency will attempt another Martian landing today when its latest robotic probe, the InSight Lander, attempts to parachute down to the red planet at around 3pm EST. Launched in May with the intention of studying the planet’s internal temperature, wind and seismic activity among other vitals, InSight is primed for a battle when it enters Mars’ thin atmosphere and attempts to land on the arid planes of the Elysium Planitia.

 

Why Mars InSight Will Be a Mission of Firsts

According to NASA, only 40 percent of Martian expeditions are successful—owing to the thin air, scientific instruments often fail to slow down and crash on the rocky surface— which is why watching InSight’s descent this afternoon is most certainly worth your while.

There’ll be a bunch of live feeds broadcasting the probe’s journey and you can tune in anywhere free of charge, as long as you’ve got an internet connection. Here’s how to watch:

  • NASA TV will be streaming the event with live commentary starting at 2pm EST.
  • If social media is more your speed, the space agency will have a live feed on its Twitter page starting at 2pm.
  • NASA’s YouTube page will also be streaming the scene from mission control, starting at 2pm. The video is also linked at the top of this post.
  • Ustream.tv will be showing the view from mission control, starting at 2pm.

    If everything goes according to plan, the probe will ostensibly look at home on the red planet’s craggy surface:

     

    Godspeed.



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      • desertspeaks

        bs, the fake agency doesn’t go to space, does not have any evidence that they have, just good pr and someone please tell everyone how the rovers took pictures of themselves??? ITS ALL FAKE FOLKS!

      • Jay

        How much did this dust collector cost?

        • raburgeson

          Not wasting my time looking at fake pictures, notice I did not say photographs.

      • Warped

        Give the Q a few days before it starts reporting a conspiracy theory on this. Like maybe “Operation Insight Underway, NASA’s Hiding Alien Orgy Footage”.

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