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: For more details: [https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/watch-online/ Watch Online] |
: For more details: [https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/watch-online/ Watch Online] |
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==First images== |
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[[File:InSight first clear image.jpg|thumb|center|500px|First clear image. NASAInsight tweet: "There’s a quiet beauty here. Looking forward to exploring my new home. #MarsLanding"]] |
[[File:InSight first clear image.jpg|thumb|center|500px|First clear image. NASAInsight tweet: "There’s a quiet beauty here. Looking forward to exploring my new home. #MarsLanding"]] |
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==First continuous day/night weather station== |
==First continuous day/night weather station== |
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* The lander also has a weather station which will be the first one to operate continuously, both day and night on Mars instead of just a few readings a day. It will record temperature, pressure, and wind direction and speed continuously. The reason is because the seismometer will be affected by all these things |
* The lander also has a weather station which will be the first one to operate continuously, both day and night on Mars instead of just a few readings a day. It will record temperature, pressure, and wind direction and speed continuously. The reason it does this is because the seismometer will be affected by all these things. It is so sensitive that it will record even deflections of the surface due to passage over of a pressure variation in the atmosphere. As a side effect this means that we have the first continuous measurements from Mars which may well turn up surprising discoveries. |
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InSight will be monitoring pressure, temperature, wind strength and direction twice per second day and night, and also pressure as well (not sure how often for presure). For details: [https://www.seis-insight.eu/en/public-2/the-insight-mission/other-instruments other instruments] |
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==Landing site== |
==Landing site== |
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* [https://www.universetoday.com/140455/mars-insight-lands-on-november-26th-heres-where-its-going-to-touch-down/ Mars InSight Lands on November 26th. Here’s where it’s going to touch down] shows the landing site on a Mars global map. Also explains more about how the selected the site in order to have solar power they needed to be in the equatorial regions. |
* [https://www.universetoday.com/140455/mars-insight-lands-on-november-26th-heres-where-its-going-to-touch-down/ Mars InSight Lands on November 26th. Here’s where it’s going to touch down] shows the landing site on a Mars global map. Also explains more about how the selected the site in order to have solar power they needed to be in the equatorial regions. |
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