On November 26, 2018, NASA’s InSight lander reached Mars’ surface, on Elysium Planitia, an equatorial plain in the northern hemisphere. It has been travelling for more than 6 months and for over 300 million miles after initially launching from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. It will be the first spacecraft to study the Red Planet’s deep interior, where it will remain, unlike rovers that typically travel around space.
InSight is not doing this journey alone. In fact, 1.6 million people are joining them. Members of the public had the possibility to sign up and have their names inside a …
via Terminology Coordination Unit [DGTRAD] – European Parliament
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