On May 5th of this year at 11:05 UTC, an Atlas V 401 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, flinging a 1,530-pound object away from our planet. A little over six months later, having travelled 301 million miles, InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, approached the red planet’s dusty atmosphere, travelling at a rate of over 12,000 mph, and began EDL, or entry, descent and landing.
NASA engineers refer…
Source URL: Who Built InSight? The Engineers, Institutions and Companies that Manufactured the Latest Mars Lander
Source Website: Advance Engineering – Engineering.com
