InSight: the story
InSight · Chapter 1 of 10
5 May 2018
Launch
InSight left Earth on a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg SLC-3E.
InSight · Chapter 2 of 10
26 November 2018
Arrival
Powered descent at Elysium Planitia.
InSight · Chapter 3 of 10
2015
Assembly
Lockheed Martin specialists built the lander in a clean room in Denver.
InSight · Chapter 4 of 10
5 May 2018
Liftoff
An Atlas V launched InSight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
InSight · Chapter 5 of 10
6 December 2018
First selfie
Ten days after landing, InSight photographed its own deck and solar panels.
InSight · Chapter 6 of 10
December 2018
Seismometer down
The robotic arm set the seismometer on the Martian surface.
InSight · Chapter 7 of 10
2019
Dusty
Its second selfie showed a thin coat of dust settling on the lander.
InSight · Chapter 8 of 10
24 April 2022
Final selfie
Much dustier now, on its 1,211th Martian day.
InSight · Chapter 9 of 10
11 December 2022
One of the last images
Its seismometer on the surface, photographed on the 1,436th Martian day.
InSight · Chapter 10 of 10
15 December 2022
Last signal
Dust slowly covered its solar panels. InSight last spoke to Earth on 15 December 2022, and the mission ended six days later.
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