When NASA's InSight mission to Mars lifts off on May 5, it won't be alone. Nestled inside the Atlas V launcher on the aft bulkhead carrier of the Centaur upper stage will be two CubeSats that will make up the Mars Cube One mission, or MarCO.
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On May 5, the first interplanetary mission to launch from the US Pacific coast is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The InSight mission will lift off atop an Atlas V rocket on its first leg to Mars to conduct studies of the planet's structure.
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When NASA's InSight lander touches down on Mars, it will have an unusual cargo. Where other interplanetary probes might carry a commemorative plaque, InSight will have a microchip inscribed with the names of 2,429,807 names submitted by public.
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As of Monday, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has clocked an impressive 50,000 laps of the Red Planet. The spacecraft has been instrumental in NASA’s ongoing efforts to unravel the secrets of Mars, and it’s not done yet, with mission scientists anticipating years of mileage yet to come.
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Following a two-year delay, NASA's InSight Mars lander is back on track. Previously grounded due to a faulty seismometer, the unmanned spacecraft is now scheduled to lift off during a launch window that starts on May 5, 2018 for a landing on the Red Planet on November 26, 2018.
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NASA announced today that the launch of the InSight Mars lander mission scheduled for next March has been scrubbed due to a persistent vacuum leak in the primary science instrument.
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NASA is now accepting submissions from members of the public who'd like their names recorded on a silicon microchip and shuttled to the Red Planet onboard the InSight Mars lander launching next year.
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NASA's InSight Mars lander isn't scheduled to touchdown for over a year, but the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is already moving into a new orbit to provide communications support during the landing.
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NASA has announced that its InSight Mars lander will be accompanied in 2016 by a pair of Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats to provide better communications.
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NASA has begun a comprehensive series of tests for its InSight Mars lander. Once on the Red Planet, the lander will operate as a stationary science platform, attempting to answer a plethora of questions regarding the interior structure of Mars.
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