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Lander on Mars

InSight

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Listened to marsquakes and measured the planet's core.

At Mars.

Measured

Landed
2018-11-26
Agency
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Where
4.502°N, 135.623°E on Mars

How far, from the Earth

1.31 AU. To cross it:

  • Light11 minutes
  • Voyager 1's speed4.41 months
  • Driving at 100 km/h223 years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Status: retired — mission ended December 2022 when its solar panels were too dusty.

Where this comes from

  • Golombek et al. (2020), Earth and Space Science 7, e2020EA001248: 4.502384°N, 135.623447°E, from ~30 cm/pixel HiRISE images.
  • Apollo sites: NSSDCA (NASA) from LRO images, Wagner et al. 2017. Other Moon sites: LROC, Wagner et al. 2017. Chang'e sites: LROC, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. Mars: NASA/JPL-Caltech; InSight: Golombek et al. 2020.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.