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NASA InSight Team on Course for Mars Touchdown


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InSight entry, descent, landing

Image from the Mars Odyssey orbiter took this image of the target landing site for NASA's InSight lander.Artist's impression shows the major interior layers of Earth, Mars and the Moon.NASA's InSight Mars Lander in fully landed configuration in the clea

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet on Nov. 26, the Monday after Thanksgiving.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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