November 26th NASA to land the InSight spacecraft on Elysium Planitia, Mars.

[Fox_NS_CAN]

https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/

NASA Will Land InSight on Mars With Cunning—and Lots of Cork
https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-mars-insight-entry-descent-landing/

 

[SillySMS]

Curious to see if Haemimont labels the InSight landing area like they've done for other landers.

Other than that, hope EDL goes smoothly and the mission proceeds as planned.

 

[UncleGamer]

Would be awesome to see a mini update hit in the next day or so labeling the site

 

[Fox_NS_CAN]

It touched down successfully. A good start.

There's a clear dust cover over the lens, and the black dots are Martian dirt spots on the dust cover.

 

[TinWiz]

Looks like it was a success. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8392/nasa-insight-lander-arrives-on-martian-surface/?site=insight

Great lede on the article: "Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. "

 

[Fox_NS_CAN]

 

[SillySMS]

So, we can eliminate Japan as the first nation to colonize Mars; that's clearly a regular drone.