After the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity by NASA has approved a further landing mission on Mars.
The InSight mission will be ready in 2016 and will arrive after a six-month flight to Mars. With InSight there should be a number of geophysical experiments to take a look at the interior of the Red Planet, including the German Aerospace Center (DLR) developed experiment HP3, which will penetrate several meters into the Martian soil.
This experiment make heat flow measurements make and investigate the thermo-mechanical properties of the Martian soil. InSight is a mnemonic for 'Interior Exploration using Seismic investigations, geodesy and heat transport'.
The mission name shows that this mission is primarily focussed on geophysical experiments which are conducted on and under the surface of Mars, for example, by measuring the velocity of seismic waves or the flow of heat.
The aim of the mission is to understand the structure and condition of the core and cladding, and the thermal evolution of Mars.
The InSight HP3 experiment was developed at DLR. HP3 "Heat Flow and Physical Property Package".
For more information: s.dlr.de/vmu5
The InSight mission will be ready in 2016 and will arrive after a six-month flight to Mars. With InSight there should be a number of geophysical experiments to take a look at the interior of the Red Planet, including the German Aerospace Center (DLR) developed experiment HP3, which will penetrate several meters into the Martian soil.
This experiment make heat flow measurements make and investigate the thermo-mechanical properties of the Martian soil. InSight is a mnemonic for 'Interior Exploration using Seismic investigations, geodesy and heat transport'.
The mission name shows that this mission is primarily focussed on geophysical experiments which are conducted on and under the surface of Mars, for example, by measuring the velocity of seismic waves or the flow of heat.
The aim of the mission is to understand the structure and condition of the core and cladding, and the thermal evolution of Mars.
The InSight HP3 experiment was developed at DLR. HP3 "Heat Flow and Physical Property Package".
For more information: s.dlr.de/vmu5
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