InSight to probe into Mars

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NASA selected on Monday a new Discovery-class mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to learn why the Red Planet developed so differently from Earth as a rocky planet. Named InSight, the mission will use a spacecraft and lander design based on the 2008 Phoenix mission equipped with three instruments to take measurements of Mars’ “vital stats:” “pulse” (seismology), “temperature” (a heat flow probe), and “reflexes” (precision tracking). InSight will also be outfitted with two black and white cameras to help guide its instruments to the ground.

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