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Description	English: PIA19664: InSight Lander in Mars-Surface Configuration http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19664 The solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander are deployed in this test inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver. This configuration is how the spacecraft will look on the surface of Mars. The image was taken on April 30, 2015. InSight, for Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is scheduled for launch in March 2016 and landing in September 2016. It will study the deep interior of Mars to advance understanding of the early history of all rocky planets, including Earth. The InSight Project is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Date	30 April 2015
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA19664.jpg
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin
Other versions	https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/7270/insight-lander-in-mars-surface-configuration/?site=insight


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