NASA's recently suspended launch involving the InSight lander and its mission to Mars has been rescheduled, and is now targeting a launch window beginning May 2018.
The main goal of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission, NASA explains, is to study the interior of the red planet and come away with a better understanding of how rocky planets are created and how such planets evolve over time. The lander was supposed to start its mission this month, but a vacuum leak in its seismometer was enough to make NASA postpone the endeavor.
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The main goal of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission, NASA explains, is to study the interior of the red planet and come away with a better understanding of how rocky planets are created and how such planets evolve over time. The lander was supposed to start its mission this month, but a vacuum leak in its seismometer was enough to make NASA postpone the endeavor.
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