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My first picture on #Mars! My lens cover isn’t off yet, but I just had to show you a first look at my new home. More status updates:https://t.co/tYcLE3tkkS#MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/G15bJjMYxa
— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) November 26, 2018
After a six month 300 million mile journey NASA just landed the InSight on Mars. The 300 million mile journey wasn't the biggest threat to the mission, it was the seven minute landing that could not be controlled by men back home and had to be done by AI.
Our @NASAInSight spacecraft stuck the #MarsLanding!
— NASA (@NASA) November 26, 2018
Its new home is Elysium Planitia, a still, flat region where it’s set to study seismic waves and heat deep below the surface of the Red Planet for a planned two-year mission. Learn more: https://t.co/fIPATUugFopic.twitter.com/j0hXTjhV6I
This is the first lander to touch down on Mars since 2012. Thoughts? Were you following the mission or is this your first time hearing about it?
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