InSight
Mission type
Lander
Operator
NASA
Launch date
5 May 2018
Target
Mars
Arrival at target
26 November 2018
Primary objective
Study Mars’ interior to understand its formation
Status
Active
Dr William “Bruce” Banerdt
Principal investigator for the InSight mission
Bruce Banerdt is the head of scientific operations for the InSight lander and is situated at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. His previous work includes other Mars missions such as the Mars Exploration Rover project, the Mars Global Surveyor and the
Magellan mission.
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight for short, was one of the major launches of 2018, signifying the 12th instalment in the agency’s Discovery Program. This programme
