In a December 21 2015 article in the Institute of Electrical & Electronic
Engineer's (IEEE) Spectrum Magazine, Rachel Courtland reports on
NASA's
InSight Mars lander, one of five spacecraft that could reach the
planet in 2015.
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Originally Posted by Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum
As IEEE Spectrum went to press, the InSight team was still working to resolve a problem with the spacecraft’s seismometer package but aimed to keep to a scheduled March launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California. If all goes as planned, the spacecraft will reach the Martian surface in September, where it will use seismometers to listen for quakes created as the planet slowly cools and contracts, vibrations rippling out from colliding meteoroids, and other sources of motion. Researchers hope to use the sound waves to build a picture of the interior of the planet, much as signals generated in a sonogram are used to image the body.
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Article here -
http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/r...inside-and-out
NASA InSight lander web page here -
http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/home.cfm