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InSight Lander

InSight studied the deep interior of Mars from Elysium Planitia, recording hundreds of marsquakes (2018-2022).

Landing site Position basis, the same label the app shows on the selection card.

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Every aspect, with its origin

One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.

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Position Catalog

Landing site

InSight Lander is fixed at its landing coordinates on mars (latitude 4.502°, longitude 135.623°). It moves with the body's rotation and does not roam.

Epochfrom 2018-11-26 to 2022-12-21
LimitRover traverses are not modelled; the marker stays at the landing site.
Physical data Catalog

Bulk properties

InSight Lander: mass 6.940 × 10^2 kg. These values are bundled with the object record and drive the rendered size.

Appearance Reconstructed

Close-up hull model

The close-up shows a published 3D model scaled to 6 m deployed solar-panel span. Distributed through NASA 3D Resources; original mission-agency credit applies.

SourceNASA 3D Resources · record insight
MethodSpace Time normalises the source model to the published deployed dimension.
LimitSource-asset presentation pose; time-dependent flight attitude is not modeled.
Description Undocumented

Description and facts

The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.

SourceSpace Time editorial text
LimitBackground reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

What is not measured

  • Appearance: a reconstruction from measurements, not a direct observation. Close-up hull model. Source-asset presentation pose; time-dependent flight attitude is not modeled.

Not yet documented

  • Description: Background reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

Sources cited

Further reading

Wikipedia: InSight Lander (background only; not the source of the displayed numbers)

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