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Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE) is a radio science experiment onboard InSight Mars lander that will use the spacecraft communication system to provide precise measurements of Mars' rotation and wobble. RISE precisely tracks the location of the lander to measure how much Mars's axis wobbles as it orbits the Sun.
The Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) is a seismometer and the primary scientific instrument on board the InSight Mars lander launched on 5 May 2018 for a landing on 26 November 2018; the instrument was deployed to the surface of Mars on 19 December.
Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS) is a NASA meteorological suite of instruments on board the InSight lander that landed on Mars on 26 November 2018. TWINS provides continuous wind and air temperature measurements to help understand the seismic data from the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument.
Insight is the understanding of a specific cause and effect within a particular context. [citation needed] The term insight can have several related meanings: a piece of information
Marsquakes were detected and confirmed by the InSight mission in 2019. [3] Using InSight data and analysis, the Viking marsquakes were confirmed in 2023. [4] Compelling evidence has been found that Mars has in the past been seismically more active, with clear magnetic striping over a large region of southern Mars.
The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP 3) is a science payload on board the InSight lander that features instruments to study the heat flow and other thermal properties of Mars. One of the instruments, a burrowing probe nicknamed "the mole", was designed to penetrate 5 m (16 ft) below Mars' surface.
English: The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft landed successfully on Mars and imaged the surface to characterize the surficial geology. Here we report on the geology and subsurface structure of the landing site to aid in situ geophysical investigations.
Insight's mission was declared as ended on 21 December 2022. Two flyby CubeSats called MarCO were launched with InSight on 5 May 2018 [100] to provide real-time telemetry during the entry and landing of InSight. The CubeSats separated from the Atlas V booster 1.5 hours after launch and traveled their own trajectories to Mars. [101] [102] [103]