Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

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https://phys.org/news/2018-12-mars-insight-lander-images-space.html

This isn't the first time HiRISE has photographed a Mars lander. InSight is based largely on 2008's Phoenix spacecraft, which the camera aboard MRO captured on the surface of Mars as well as descending on its parachute. While the HiRISE team at the University of Arizona also tried to take an image of InSight during landing, MRO was at a much less opportune angle and wasn't able to take a good picture.

                
            
        
        
    
    InSight Lander. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

                
            
        
        
    
    Parachute. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

                
            
        
        
    
    Heat Shield. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

                
            
        
        
    
    The red dot marks the final landing location of NASA's InSight lander in this annotated image of the surface of Mars, taken by the THEMIS camera on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter in 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

                                                            
                                    
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