Video: Celebrations as NASA probe InSight lands on Mars
A NASA space probe has touched down on the surface of Mars.
Out of 17 missions to Mars, 10 have crashed.
But this morning the The InSight lander completed a six-month, 482 million-kilometre trip to the red planet.
Click PLAY to watch the scenes from NASA as the probe landed
Our @NASAInSight spacecraft stuck the #MarsLanding!
Its new home is Elysium Planitia, a still, flat region where it’s set to study seismic waves and heat deep below the surface of the Red Planet for a planned two-year mission. Learn more: https://t.co/fIPATUugFo pic.twitter.com/j0hXTjhV6I
— NASA (@NASA) November 26, 2018
The first image has been released.
My first picture on #Mars! My lens cover isn’t off yet, but I just had to show you a first look at my new home. More status updates:https://t.co/tYcLE3tkkS #MarsLanding pic.twitter.com/G15bJjMYxa
— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) November 26, 2018
The InSight lander will spend coming months exploring Mars, studying its interior and listening for marsquakes.