Crazy Engineering: Space Claw
When NASA's InSight lands on Mars, it will be the first mission on another planet to use a robotic arm to grasp instruments and place them on the surface. While it may look like an arcade machine, this space claw is designed to come away with a prize every time. For more about the InSight lander, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/insight
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The rock in the center of this image was tossed about 3 feet (1 meter) by NASA's InSight spacecraft as it touched down on Mars on November 26, 2018. The rock, which is a little bigger than a golf b...
"Rolling Stones Rock"
Are there earthquakes on Mars? Or rather, "marsquakes?" And what could they teach us about the Red Planet? Find out more in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Mars in a Minute: Are There Quakes on Mars?
This is NASA InSight's first selfie on Mars. It displays the lander's solar panels and deck. On top of the deck are its science instruments, weather sensor booms and UHF antenna.
InSight's First Selfie
Growing up, NASA-JPL engineer Farah Alibay didn't have a role model who was an engineer and a woman of color. Now, she hopes she can play that role for the next generation as Mars Cube One (MarCO) ...
Meet MarCO: Engineer Tests CubeSats for Better Communication at Mars
Scientists with NASA's InSight team share their excitement about 'Rolling Stones Rock,' which was named after The Rolling Stones.
InSight Team Reacts to 'Rolling Stones Rock'
Animation of the Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander deploying its instruments on the surface of Mars.
Animation of the InSight Spacecraft Lander
NASA's InSight used its Instrument Context Camera (ICC) beneath the lander's deck to image these drifting clouds at sunset. This series of images was taken on April 25, 2019, the 145th Martian day,...
InSight Images Clouds on Mars
A spacecraft specialist in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, where the InSight lander is being built, affixes a dime-size chip onto the lander deck in November 2015.
Names Chip Placed on InSight Lander Deck
Actor Robert Downey Jr. posed with members of NASA's Mars InSight lander team before the Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 22, 2019.
Robert Downey Jr. Meets Team InSight
​This is NASA InSight's second full selfie on Mars. Since taking its first selfie, the lander has removed its heat probe and seismometer from its deck, placing them on the Martian surface; a thin c...
InSight's Dusty Selfie
The support structure of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument moved slightly during hammering, as indicated by the circular "footprints" around the instrument's footpads.
One of the MarCO CubeSats inside a cleanroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, before being placed into its deployment box.
MarCO and Dispenser
NASA InSight scientist/engineer Troy Hudson gives us the game plan for getting the mission's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars.
NASA InSight: A Plan to Get the Mole Moving Again
NASA's InSight spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final preparations for launch.
Mars InSight Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base
In this image from Oct. 26, 2019 — the 325th Martian day, or sol, of the mission — InSight's heat probe, or "mole," is seen after backing about halfway out of the hole it had burrowed.
InSight's Heat Probe Partially Backs Out of Hole
ForeSight, a fully functional, full-size model of NASA's InSight lander, grasps a model of the lander's Wind and Thermal Shield while engineer Maggie Williams looks on. This testing was done at NAS...
ForeSight's Grapple
An engineering version of the robotic arm on NASA's InSight mission lifts the engineering version of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
InSight Robotic Arm Test Lift of Heat Probe
This map shows the temperature of the Martian atmosphere 16 miles above the surface. The data were taken on Nov. 18, 2018, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, about one week before NASA's InSigh...
Martian Weather Forecast for InSight Landing
The science deck of NASA's InSight lander is being turned over in this April 29, 2015, photo from InSight assembly and testing operations inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.
Turning the InSight Lander's Science Deck
Technicians in a Lockheed Martin clean room near Denver prepare NASA's InSight Mars lander for propulsion proof and leak testing on Oct. 31, 2014.
Work on NASA's InSight Lander Starts New Phase
The Rolling Stones took the stage at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Aug. 22, 2019, after actor Robert Downey Jr. announced to the crowd that a rock on Mars had been named for the band by NASA's InSight m...
Mick Jagger's Message to NASA About 'Rolling Stones Rock' on Mars