NASA’s sent its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to Mars so that it could deploy a suite of state-of-the-art instruments capable of ...

An illustration of NASA's InSight spacecraft after the deployment of its major instruments, a process that won't be completed until a few months after landing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — ...

NASA's Mars InSight mission is moving along at a rapid pace. After landing on the planet just a few weeks ago, InSight has spent its days observing its new living space and sending back photos of the ...

An image of the Heat Flow and Physics Properties Package instrument (lower right) on the Martian surface. Project engineers are now planning to lift up its support structure as part of troubleshooting ...

NASA’s InSight spacecraft, en route to a Nov. 26 landing on Mars, passed the halfway mark on Aug. 6. All of its instruments have been tested and are working well. As of Aug. 20, the spacecraft had ...

InSight is perhaps the most important machine sent by humans to Mars. Unlike the rovers already there, which are used to learn a thing or two about the planet’s surface, the InSight lander will give ...