NASA Just Launched a Mission to Mars to Dig Deep Inside the Planet’s Core
NASA just sent a robotic probe on a mission to Mars! Here's what it'll explore. Watch More: How NASA Engineers Use Origami To Design Future Spacecraft ...
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In May 2018, NASA launched the next mission to Mars. An Atlas 5 rocket took off from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California; the very first interplanetary launch from the West Coast. Aboard the rocket are two cubesats, which are the first of their kind for a Mars mission, and a robotic lander. The goal? Touch down successfully and investigate the deep interior of Mars. Over the decades, there have been a series of critical missions to the red planet. Flybys that took our first snapshots of Mars, landers that characterized its atmosphere, orbiters that studied its geology and climate, and rovers that are investigating the presence of liquid water. The next phase is the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport or InSight. Everybody has seen pictures o...
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In May 2018, NASA launched the next mission to Mars. An Atlas 5 rocket took off from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California; the very first interplanetary launch from the West Coast. Aboard the rocket are two cubesats, which are the first of their kind for a Mars mission, and a robotic lander. The goal? Touch down successfully and investigate the deep interior of Mars. Over the decades, there have been a series of critical missions to the red planet. Flybys that took our first snapshots of Mars, landers that characterized its atmosphere, orbiters that studied its geology and climate, and rovers that are investigating the presence of liquid water. The next phase is the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport or InSight. Everybody has seen pictures o...
