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NASA approves 2018 launch of Mars InSight mission

Houston, Usa - It will study the origins and the evolution path of Mars and the rocky planets of the solar system

NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars, following final approval last week by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission was originally scheduled to launch in March of this year, but NASA suspended launch preparations in December due t...

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