InSight: the story
InSight · Chapter 1 of 4
5 May 2018
Launch
InSight left Earth on a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg SLC-3E.
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InSight · Chapter 2 of 4
26 November 2018
Arrival
Powered descent at Elysium Planitia.
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InSight · Chapter 3 of 4
2018–2022
Life’s work
InSight listened to Mars. Its seismometer recorded more than 1,300 marsquakes and revealed the planet's crust, mantle and core.
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InSight · Chapter 4 of 4
15 December 2022
Last signal
Dust slowly covered its solar panels. InSight last spoke to Earth on 15 December 2022, and the mission ended six days later.
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