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The seismometer might keep working through September. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's InSight mission is working to ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Monday (Nov. 26), Mars fans around the globe will watch eagerly to see NASA land a new mission ...

When it comes to robots on Mars, one of NASA's many traditions is making sure its rovers snap a selfie or two while hanging out on the planet's dusty surface. That tradition has continued with the ...

June 22 (UPI) --NASA's InSight Mars received a reprieve allowing it to conduct science for another several weeks before shutting down as it nears the end of its battery life. The agency announced ...

As the power available to NASA’s InSight Mars lander diminishes by the day, the spacecraft’s team has revised the mission’s timeline in order to maximize the science they can conduct. The lander was ...

NASA’s InSight lander has endured almost seven months in space, traveling over 300 million miles (480 million kilometers) in a carefully calculated path from Earth to Mars. After its lengthy journey, ...