InSight mission to Mars is set for March 8–March 27, 2016
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Mission Overview - InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and
Heat Transport) is a proposed NASA Discovery Program mission that will
place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior.
But InSight is more than a Mars mission - it is a terrestrial planet
explorer that will address one of the most fundamental issues of
planetary and solar system science - understanding the processes that
shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system (including Earth)
more than four billion years ago.
By using sophisticated geophysical instruments, InSight will delve deep
beneath the surface of Mars, detecting the fingerprints of the processes
of terrestrial planet formation, as well as measuring the planet's
"vital signs": Its "pulse" (seismology), "temperature" (heat flow
probe), and "reflexes" (precision tracking)
Video: Mission team members for InSight, the new Mars lander mission selected
by NASA to launch in 2016, explain how the spacecraft will advance our
knowledge of Mars' history and rocky planet evolution.
Download the InSight Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Launch — March 8–March 27, 2016
- Landing — September 20, 2016
- Surface operations — 720 days / 700 sols
- First science return — October 2016
- Instrument deployment — 60 sols (including 20 sols margin)
- Data volume over 1 Martian year — More than 29 Gb (processed seismic data posted to the Web in 2 weeks; remaining science data less than 3 months, no proprietary period)
- End of Mission — September 10, 2018
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