Home > Industry > Mars Lander’s First Day On The Job

Mars Lander’s First Day On The Job

While you’ve been commuting to work this morning, a unique space probe has hopefully landed on Mars.

With a successful touchdown, NASA’s InSight lander would be the first probe to reach the red planet in six years, after a journey of more than 480 million kilometres.

The unmanned spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was scheduled to land on the Martian surface at 7am, east coast Australia time, and will hopefully dig deeper into the planet than any previous probe.

The lander’s name, InSight, stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport – but you probably guessed that, didn’t you?

Scientists were hoping that the landing will be just the beginning of a two-year mission, during which InSight will hopefully venture into Mars’ deep interior.



You may also like
FDA Approves New Vibrating Belt For Bone Density
Sennheiser Bringing Cheaper Soundbar And New Earbuds
E-Scooter Company Beam Investing Millions In Australia
Elastic Resolve Dispute With Amazon
NASA Hires Fitbit To Help Fight COVID-19

Popular Posts

Hardwired: Arlo Expands Outdoor Floodlight Security Camera Range
Latest News
/
/
Sony’s New PS5 Pro PlayStation Panned
Latest News
/
/
Gorilla Glass Manufacturer Accused Of ‘Abuse Of Market Powers’ By EU
Latest News
/
/
Netflix Offices Raided Over Tax Fraud Allegations
Latest News
/
/
Apple Intelligence
Apple Claims Future Products May Never Be As Profitable As iPhone
Latest News
/
/

Digital Magazines

Recent Post

Hardwired: Arlo Expands Outdoor Floodlight Security Camera Range
Latest News
/
//
Comments are Off
Across Arlo’s range of security devices you will find the wired and the unwired and – in the case of...
Read More