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02 Oct

NASA’s InSight lander ‘hears’ strange sounds on Mars

Washington: NASA has released recordings of eerie sounds on Mars picked up by one of its missions to the Red Planet, the InSight lander.Far below the human range of hearing, these recordings had to be speeded up and slightly processed to be audible through headphones, NASA said on Tuesday. The spacecraft's exquisitely sensitive seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), can pick up vibrations as subtle as a breeze. The instrument was provided by the French space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), and its partners. The instrument was designed to listen for quakes on Mars, known as marsquakes.…

24 Apr

NASA lander detects ”first Marsquake”

Washington: The American space agency's InSight lander appears to have detected its first seismic event on Mars after touched down on the Red Planet in November last year. The faint rumble was picked up by the probe's sensors on April 6 -- the 128th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. It is the first seismic signal detected on the surface of a planetary body other than the Earth and its Moon, the BBC reported. Scientists say the source for this "Marsquake" could either be movement in a crack inside the planet or the shaking from a meteorite impact. InSight's scientists…

28 Nov

NASA eyes return to Moon, to announce partnerships with US companies

Washington: After the historic InSight touchdown on Mars, NASA is now set to focus on Moon mission by announcing new partnerships with American companies, the US space agency said.Working with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday. "We are announcing new Moon partnerships with American companies... The US is returning to the surface of the Moon, and we're doing it sooner than you think!" Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator tweeted.The agency will reveal details about its endeavour to return to the moon at…

14 Nov

Watch NASA’s InSight spacecraft land on Mars

Washington: As NASA's InSight spacecraft touches down on the Red Planet on November 26, people from around the world will be able to watch the event live on NASA Television, the agency's website and social media platforms, including on YouTube, the US space agency said. About 80 live viewing events for the public to watch the InSight landing will take place around the world, NASA said on Tuesday. It will be at 3 p.m. EST meaning 1.30 a.m. in India on November 27. Launched on May 5, Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander marks NASA's…

29 Aug

NASA’s next Mars mission to probe red planet’s deep interior

Washington: NASA's next Mars mission known as InSight, which is scheduled for a 2018 lift-off, will focus on examining the deep interior of Mars, the US space agency has announced. The long form of InSight's name is Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, reports Xinhua news agency. The mission is expected to launch after May 8, 2018, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, with a Mars landing scheduled after October 2018, the agency announced on Monday. Information gathered by mission will boost understanding of how all rocky planets formed, including Earth. "Because the interior of Mars…