The InSight Mission successfully landed on Mars on November 26, 2018 and has been conducting science operations since then. The initial operations included evaluation of the lander health and surveying the area around the lander. Once these steps were complete the process of deployment of three instrument elements to the Martian Surface began. The deployment was conducted in parallel with the start of science data collection. The science delivered from InSight has started to uncover the geophysical characteristics of Mars and allows the use of comparative planetary geophysical techniques to better understand the formation and evolution of Mars and thus by extension other terrestrial planets. The mission science uses several instrument and sensors, many of which are international contributions to gather the science data. This paper will describe InSight science objectives and the surface mission operations and results to date.


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    Title :

    InSight Mission: Early Operations


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    Publication date :

    2020-03-01


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    6239370 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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