InSight on Its Parachute (Illustration)

This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander descending towards the surface of Mars on its parachute.
October 10, 2018
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
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This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander descending towards the surface of Mars on its parachute.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, Colorado built the spacecraft. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/insight.