On November 26, 2018, the NASA Mars InSight lander survived the "Seven Minutes of terror" during entry, safely arriving to Mars and took up permanent residence . The goal of the InSight project is to collect more data about the Red Planet and getting arrays out from the sun and operating is a big deal with the arrays providing the energy, "We need to start the cool science operations . We are well on our way to thoroughly investigate what's inside of Mars for the first time " said the Manager Tom Hoffmam at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA said , that dusty conditions , as mars is known to have, the panels in Mars can still pull in between 200 and 300 watts , that can even be used in homes . Days later a 5.9 foot long robotic arm would be used to collect more data from Mars.
This article was published by CNN news on November 28, 2018 and written by Ashley Strickland. NASA has been trying to get go Mars safely and investigate what's in that planet much after the Trip to the moon in the late 60's , The first moon landing that made history in the US. This article is written for anyone that's interested on Space and Science , to see what things can be changed and used in the future . The author describes ways that the InSight project can benefit us in everyday life. This article was written to inform everyone about how Earth might not be the only planet the benefits us . As technology advances and new discoveries are being made , everything can literally be possible.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/world/mars-insight-landing-update/index.html
Really interesting topic and I find it fun to see what they are planning to do next. ~ Stephannie Hernandez
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