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InSight

  InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4 billion years ago. It is the first outer space robotic explorer to study in-depth the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.
  Studying Mars' interior structure answers key questions about the early formation of rocky planets in our inner solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars - more than 4 billion years ago, as well as rocky exoplanets. InSight also measures tectonic activity and meteorite impacts on Mars today.
  The lander uses cutting edge instruments, to delve deep beneath the surface and seek the fingerprints of the processes that formed the terrestrial planets. It does so by measuring the planet's "vital signs": its "pulse" (seismology), "temperature" (heat flow), and "reflexes" (precision tracking).
  The mission is planned to operate on Mars a little over 1 Mars year (~2 Earth years); 709 Sols (Mars days), or 728 Earth days. The InSight lander has two science objectives:
  • understand the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets through investigation of the interior structure and processes of Mars.
  • determine the present level of tectonic activity and meteorite impact rate on Mars.


    • InSight Instruments and Cameras
  • APSS/TWINS/PS - Auxiliary Payload Sensor Subsystem (Temperature, Wind,         and Pressure)
  • IDC - Instrument Deployment Camera
  • ICC - Instrument Context Camera
  • IDA - Instrument Deployment Arm
  • IFG - InSight Fluxgate Magnetometer
  • HP3 and RAD - Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe and Radiometer
  • RISE - Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment
  • SEIS - Seismic Experiment for Investigating the Subsurface
  • SPICE - Observation geometry and ancillary data

The Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node archives IDC and ICC 'operations data'.