InSight mission - Unmanned Spaceflight.com

InSight mission

Paolo View Member Profile	Jan 7 2012, 08:29 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004	the GEMS Discovery finalist has been renamed InSight and now has its own website: http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/

Replies

cIclops View Member Profile	Aug 21 2012, 11:35 AM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 133 Joined: 29-January 05 Member No.: 161	Good news from NASA's Mars program at last! InSight mission page Launch March 8 - March 27, 2016 Seismic package, 5m deep drill, and two cameras! -------------------- Videos ...

Posts in this topic

Paolo InSight mission Jan 7 2012, 08:29 PM

Greg Hullender I was going to say I was amazed that we've rea... Jan 7 2012, 09:33 PM

vjkane QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 7 2012, 01:33... Jan 8 2012, 12:26 AM

nprev Hmm. I read through the site & the poster, and... Jan 8 2012, 01:47 AM

vjkane QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 7 2012, 05:47 PM) I re... Jan 8 2012, 07:07 AM

djellison QUOTE (vjkane @ Jan 7 2012, 11:07 PM) If ... Jan 8 2012, 05:11 PM

vjkane QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 8 2012, 09:11 AM) ... Jan 8 2012, 06:08 PM

Greg Hullender Oh I definitely love the idea of building new prob... Jan 8 2012, 01:50 AM

Fran Ontanaya Is there a big difference between this mission and... Jan 8 2012, 03:12 PM

Phil Stooke One additional point about cameras... it is essent... Jan 8 2012, 05:32 PM

vjkane QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 8 2012, 09:32 AM... Jan 8 2012, 06:34 PM

Greg Hullender Here's a completely different question: to get... Jan 8 2012, 06:59 PM

Drkskywxlt QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 8 2012, 01:59... Jan 8 2012, 07:34 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 8 2012, 10:59... Jan 9 2012, 08:50 PM

djellison You don't need a descent imager to exactly loc... Jan 8 2012, 07:03 PM

Phil Stooke But we may not have it in 2016. Almost certainly ... Jan 8 2012, 07:23 PM

hendric I think they're some work you can do with dire... Jan 9 2012, 07:40 PM

stewjack Warning I am not a geologist. My impression, when... Jan 9 2012, 09:25 PM

antipode QUOTE Too bad a pair of DS2 seismographs couldn... Jan 10 2012, 02:44 AM

PaulM I assume that there is a mission assumption is tha... Jan 10 2012, 03:34 PM

djellison QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 10 2012, 07:34 AM) . I... Jan 10 2012, 03:42 PM

vikingmars QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 10 2012, 04:34 PM) I u... Mar 28 2012, 11:03 AM

Drkskywxlt I'm guessing the mission is more cost-limited ... Jan 10 2012, 03:42 PM

Phil Stooke A few new details about the mission, from Bruce Ba... Mar 23 2012, 01:06 PM

MERovingian Happy Day! http://www.washingtonpost.com/nati... Aug 20 2012, 07:01 PM

Hungry4info Awesome! Mars! I can't remember the la... Aug 20 2012, 07:18 PM

Phil Stooke Good one, Hungry! I would have liked any of ... Aug 20 2012, 07:55 PM

Paolo press release New NASA Mission to Take First Look ... Aug 20 2012, 08:41 PM

Paolo interesting... the German heat probe "mole... Aug 20 2012, 09:24 PM

djellison That's cool - PLUTO was an awesome and cunning... Aug 20 2012, 09:26 PM

SFJCody Does seem like a shame that only one copy of this ... Aug 21 2012, 05:25 AM

gndonald QUOTE (SFJCody @ Aug 21 2012, 01:25 PM) D... Aug 21 2012, 10:57 AM

MahFL QUOTE (gndonald @ Aug 21 2012, 11:57 AM) ... Aug 21 2012, 11:34 AM

JRehling Mars Geophysical network options with anywhere fro... Aug 21 2012, 09:07 PM

Toma B From Bruce Betts blog on PS... QUOTE The lander wi... Aug 21 2012, 07:37 AM

monty python and BTW. Is there a word about where it should be ... Aug 21 2012, 08:05 AM

Gsnorgathon Given the high elevation at Tharsis, I'd guess... Aug 21 2012, 08:11 AM

Explorer1 Maybe Elysium instead? Oh, what I'd give to fi... Aug 21 2012, 08:23 AM

antipode I was thinking Elysium as well, but Elysium PLANIT... Aug 21 2012, 10:09 AM

MahFL Forget pretty pics, the science is literally under... Aug 21 2012, 10:37 AM

Drkskywxlt QUOTE (antipode @ Aug 21 2012, 06:09 AM) ... Aug 21 2012, 10:56 AM

cIclops Good news from NASA's Mars program at last... Aug 21 2012, 11:35 AM

pospa QUOTE (cIclops @ Aug 21 2012, 01:35 PM) S... Aug 21 2012, 11:55 AM

Drkskywxlt QUOTE (cIclops @ Aug 21 2012, 06:35 AM) G... Aug 21 2012, 03:11 PM

centsworth_II I don't know if there are other candidates. h... Aug 21 2012, 12:19 PM

Phil Stooke There was a poster on the landing site at LPSC in ... Aug 21 2012, 03:00 PM

vjkane A Universe Today article stated that the landing s... Aug 21 2012, 11:31 PM

Drkskywxlt QUOTE (vjkane @ Aug 21 2012, 07:31 PM) In... Aug 21 2012, 11:45 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Aug 21 2012, 06:45 PM... Sep 9 2012, 05:25 PM

NickF I suppose that (re)flying the Planetary Society... Aug 22 2012, 02:38 AM

climber QUOTE (NickF @ Aug 22 2012, 04:38 AM) I s... Aug 22 2012, 06:52 AM

briv1016 Any word on a launch vehicle? An Atlas V seems ki... Aug 22 2012, 06:46 AM

Mongo QUOTE (briv1016 @ Aug 22 2012, 07:46 AM) ... Aug 22 2012, 04:32 PM

SFJCody QUOTE (Mongo @ Aug 23 2012, 02:32 AM) It ... Aug 22 2012, 11:42 PM

Paolo cool video on the German heat probe http://www.dlr... Aug 22 2012, 07:33 AM

dvandorn Remember too, if you start saying "Hey, with ... Aug 23 2012, 12:51 AM

climber Yep, I guess that the TPS microphone would be the ... Aug 23 2012, 08:25 AM

briv1016 Taking another look at the animation video it appe... Aug 23 2012, 08:53 AM

centsworth_II QUOTE (briv1016 @ Aug 23 2012, 03:53 AM) ... Aug 23 2012, 12:50 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (briv1016 @ Aug 23 2012, 03:53 AM) ... Aug 23 2012, 09:21 PM

antipode QUOTE Any word on a launch vehicle? An Atlas V see... Aug 24 2012, 08:35 AM

SFJCody Following on from the earlier active seismic exper... Aug 25 2012, 05:02 AM

nprev Couple things here to keep in mind: 1. F9 Heavy h... Aug 25 2012, 05:17 AM

SFJCody QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 25 2012, 03:17 PM) Not... Aug 25 2012, 05:27 AM

djellison We already know from the fresh craters found by CT... Aug 25 2012, 05:59 AM

JRehling There are a lot of issues on the deliberate-thump ... Aug 28 2012, 04:44 AM

JRehling Here's a piece about the seismometer which wil... Aug 29 2012, 11:35 PM

climber There is something confusing to me. On January 17t... Aug 27 2012, 01:59 PM

tolis Hi All, On the subject of Phobos tides, one facto... Aug 28 2012, 09:11 AM

Paolo a few (small) pics of the seismometer on the blog ... Aug 30 2012, 05:20 AM

Yooper Hi! Does anyone have a link to the August 20 ... Sep 5 2012, 01:52 PM

arachnitect QUOTE (Yooper @ Sep 5 2012, 08:52 AM) Hi... Sep 8 2012, 04:01 PM

Yooper QUOTE (arachnitect @ Sep 8 2012, 11:01 AM... Sep 9 2012, 10:00 PM

Yooper Hello – two layperson questions about InSight’s se... Sep 14 2012, 04:34 PM

JRehling QUOTE (Yooper @ Sep 14 2012, 09:34 AM) ho... Sep 14 2012, 07:54 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (Yooper @ Sep 14 2012, 12:34 PM) Tw... Sep 14 2012, 10:35 PM

Yooper Thanks! BTW, in a odd twist of timing, I just ... Sep 21 2012, 10:40 AM

Explorer1 Apparently the general region for landing has been... Apr 1 2013, 06:25 AM

Explorer1 From 16 down to 4. More detail on the exact requir... Sep 4 2013, 08:53 PM

MahFL Why does the JPL article use "yards" ? Sep 5 2013, 11:58 AM

Phil Stooke Unfortunately they don't mention which four el... Sep 4 2013, 09:17 PM

Phil Stooke Because they are written for Americans. The origi... Sep 5 2013, 01:16 PM

SFJCody I expect competition between UMSF regulars to see ... Sep 5 2013, 03:02 PM

Explorer1 Launch vehicle + site chosen: An Atlas 5 from Vand... Dec 20 2013, 09:11 AM

Paolo a Vandenberg launch was also initially planned for... Dec 20 2013, 09:26 AM

Greenish I know there are others who know the orbital mecha... Dec 20 2013, 06:27 PM

Paolo the French space agency CNES has just published th... Dec 30 2013, 09:01 PM

machi It looks that InSight is now planned with color ca... May 17 2014, 05:23 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (machi @ May 17 2014, 10:23 AM) It ... May 17 2014, 05:30 PM

machi Yes, that's more accurate but isn't ... May 17 2014, 05:41 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (machi @ May 17 2014, 10:41 AM) isn... May 17 2014, 07:22 PM

Blue Sky InSight appears to be focussed on deep structures ... Jul 10 2014, 12:06 AM

Phil Stooke For that you really want a mobile vehicle, not a s... Jul 10 2014, 12:08 AM

James Sorenson The ExoMars rover will have a GPR called WISDOM. A... Jul 10 2014, 04:10 AM

B Bernatchez InSight mission enters ATLO phase: http://www.jpl... Nov 18 2014, 04:58 PM

Astro0 Landing site evaluation and spacecraft development... Mar 5 2015, 02:12 AM

Paolo the French space agency has delivered the qualific... Apr 3 2015, 09:48 AM

Paolo lots of nice hardware pictures of InSight undergoi... May 27 2015, 07:06 PM

Explorer1 There's been no news about the Planetary Socie... Jun 12 2015, 05:16 PM

djellison It's not onboard. Jun 12 2015, 06:32 PM

2 Pages

1 2 >

« Next Oldest · Past and Future · Next Newest »