NASA’s InSight Lander Embraces Martian Surface

Mark Carreau February 05, 2019
Credit: InSight lander: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which touched down Nov. 26 at Elysium Planitia in the equatorial region of the red planet, has successfully added a protective thermal and wind cover to its first deployed surface sensor. The European seismometer is now ready for its next move, the deployment of a...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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