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InSight

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

InSight

First dedicated Martian geophysics mission; detected marsquakes.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2018
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Mars
Category
Mars lander
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

InSight flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United States's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First dedicated Martian geophysics mission; detected marsquakes.

Results

First dedicated Martian geophysics mission; detected marsquakes.

Related missions

InSight ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli — same_target ExoMars Trace… Hope (Emirates Mars Mission) — same_target Hope Perseverance / Ingenuity — same_target Perseverance … Tianwen-1 — same_target Tianwen-1

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog