Tag: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • InSight lander completes seismometer deployment on Mars

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    NASA’s InSight lander has placed a protective enclosure over a French-developed seismometer designed to detect tremors on Mars, completing the deployment of the first of two science instruments delivered to the Red Planet in November. Using its nearly 8-foot-long (2.4-meter) robotic arm, InSight followed commands beamed up from Earth to cover the seismometer package with…

  • JPL still trying to contact Opportunity rover on Mars

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Opportunity’s panoramic camera captured this self-portrait on Mars in 2014. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover landed on Mars 15 years ago this week, but the long-lived robot remains out of action in the wake of a global dust storm last summer that caused it…

  • JPL still trying to contact Opportunity rover on Mars

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Opportunity’s panoramic camera captured this self-portrait on Mars in 2014. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover landed on Mars 15 years ago this week, but the long-lived robot remains out of action in the wake of a global dust storm last summer that caused it…

  • Live coverage: InSight probe lands on Mars

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    Live coverage of the InSight spacecraft’s landing on Mars after a journey from Earth lasting more than six months, kicking off a science mission to probe the red planet’s hidden interior. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Mission Commentary on NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Live Mission Audio Only”] [tabbyending]

  • NASA’s InSight mission lands on Mars to study planet’s hidden interior

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    InSight project manager Tom Hoffman motions to an image captured by the spacecraft minutes after landing on Mars. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA’s InSight spacecraft plunged into the rarefied atmosphere of Mars at a speed of more than 12,000 mph Monday and braked to a gentle touchdown, setting the stage for a two-year surface mission to…

  • InSight tweaks trajectory to home in on Mars landing site

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    Artist’s concept of the InSight spacecraft in its interplanetary cruise configuration. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech On the eve of its blazing entry into the Martian atmosphere, NASA’s InSight spacecraft briefly pulsed its control jets Sunday to target a safe, flat landing zone near the planet’s equator — the last in a series of trajectory correction maneuvers since…

  • Video: JPL’s Rob Manning explains InSight’s entry, descent and landing

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    JPL chief engineer Rob Manning, a veteran of Mars mission teams dating back to Mars Pathfinder more than two decades ago, describes how the InSight spacecraft will enter the Martian atmosphere and touch down on the red planet. InSight’s “seven minutes of terror” begin with entry into the Martian atmosphere at a velocity of 12,300…

  • InSight’s entry, descent and landing timeline

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    Artist’s concept of the InSight spacecraft streaking into the Martian atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s InSight lander will fly from the outer edge of the Martian atmosphere at a speed of more than 12,000 mph to a controlled descent rate of 5 mph just above the red planet’s surface in less than seven minutes. The robotic…

  • Mars lander on course for Monday touchdown

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The InSight spacecraft approaches Mars in this artist’s concept. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After a six-month voyage from Earth, NASA’s InSight Mars lander, streaking through space at at some 12,300 mph, will slam into the thin martian atmosphere Monday afternoon to begin a nail-biting six-and-a-half-minute descent to the surface, kicking…

  • NASA picks Jezero Crater landing site for next Mars rover

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins. Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water. Here in Jezero Crater delta, sediments contain clays and carbonates.…