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NASA’s Insight mission successfully lands on Mars

26 Nov 2018 Michael Banks
First image from NASA’s $800m Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission after it touched down on the Martian surface
Breaking ground: First image from NASA’s $800m Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission after it touched down on the Martian surface (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The first probe to study the deep interior of Mars has successfully landed on the red planet. After

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