Press Event
NASA Insight Update Media Teleconference
Atlas V 401 | InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2
NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency’s InSight Mars lander. NASA leadership and mission team members will highlight InSight’s science accomplishments, share details on the spacecraft’s power situation, and discuss its future.
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Atlas V 401 | InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 5, 2018, 11:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
InSight is a robotic Mars lander designed to study the interior and subsurface of Mars, which would in turn help scientists to understand the Earth and Solar System history. Two 6U CubeSats will piggyback with the InSight mission to help relay communications during the probe's entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase.
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