Nasa Insight

NASA's new Mars lander starts digging into the planet, but hits a few snags

The German drilling instrument on the InSight lander struck what appeared to be a couple of stones.

Liquid water lake on Mars may need an underground volcano to keep it from freezing

If Mars experiences volcanoes, it could be a very favourable environment for water & life than thought.

NASA’s Mars lander InSight to beam back daily reports on the red planet's weather

NASA’s Curiosity rover also gives weather updates, while roaming around Mars about 340 miles away.

Tiny Cubesats fall silent beyond Mars after proving their new space tech works

The InSight Mars lander's companions WALL-E & EVE were the first CubeSats in deep space.

NASA’s InSight lander snaps its selfie on Mars using its robotic arm from above

InSight also caught a survey shot of the patch of Mars where it will set down its science instruments.

Sounds from Mars: NASA InSight hears its first sounds of wind, geological activity

The sounds are from wind blowing against InSight’s solar panels, causing the spacecraft to vibrate.

NASA's InSight flexes its robotic arm sending us newest images of Mars' surface

The images will help mission members determine where to set InSight's seismometer and heat flow probe.

NASA's InSight seems to have landed at a slight angle, mission engineers not worried

NASA expects better images from InSight soon, once it sheds the dust covers protecting its cameras.

NASA InSight unfolds solar arrays, snaps some pictures on Mars after safety checks

Engineers plan to fold open & use InSight’s five arms to get cracking on some geology experiments.

NASA's InSight lands on Mars; Twitter is obsessed with scientists' 'crazy handshake dance' and the 'cool hat guy'

Viewers can watch the live telecast of the event wherein scientists will discuss updates about NASA's InSight spacecraft, at www.nasa.gov/nasalive.