Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport

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Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) is a NASA Mars lander mission designed to study the Red Planet’s deep interior using seismology, precision tracking, and heat-flow measurements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars lander mission ⓘ
NASA space mission ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dataUser planetary scientists ⓘ
discoveredFeature Marsquakes ⓘ
hostPlanet Mars ⓘ
instrument Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package ⓘ
Instrument Context Camera ⓘ
Instrument Deployment Arm ⓘ
Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment ⓘ
Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure ⓘ
Temperature and Winds for InSight ⓘ
instrumentAbbreviation HP3 ⓘ
RISE ⓘ
SEIS ⓘ
linked to: SEIS seismometer

TWINS ⓘ
landingDate 2018-11-26 ⓘ
landingSite Elysium Planitia ⓘ
launchDate 2018-05-05 ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 3E ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas V 401 ⓘ
managingCenter Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
missionEnd 2022-12 ⓘ
missionGoal determine the thickness and structure of the Martian crust ⓘ
measure tectonic activity and meteorite impacts on Mars ⓘ
measure the size and state of the Martian core ⓘ
study the thermal state of Mars interior ⓘ
missionStatus completed ⓘ
missionType geophysical research ⓘ
planetary lander ⓘ
operator NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
planetaryBodyLandedOn Mars ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
primaryObjective study the deep interior of Mars ⓘ
principalInvestigator Bruce Banerdt ⓘ
program NASA Discovery Program ⓘ
reasonForEnd loss of power due to dust on solar panels ⓘ
scientificMethod geodesy ⓘ
heat-flow measurements ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
shortName InSight ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
targetBody Mars ⓘ
usesTechnology broadband seismometry ⓘ
heat-flow probe ⓘ
radio science tracking ⓘ

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InSight Mars lander → fullName → Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport ⓘ
InSight → fullName → Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport ⓘ