Check the weather 3 hours before landing After six months of travel from Earth, the InSight spacecraft is on a precise trajectory to land on the red planet. About three hours before landing, mission navigators will have a final chance to adjust InSight’s timing or alignment to avoid any perilous Martian dust storms. Separate from the cruise stage 13 ¾; minutes before landing Before InSight enters the Martian atmosphere, the spacecraft will split away from its solar-paneled cruise stage and ...
Check the weather 3 hours before landing After six months of travel from Earth, the InSight spacecraft is on a precise trajectory to land on the red planet. About three hours before landing, mission navigators will have a final chance to adjust InSight’s timing or alignment to avoid any perilous Martian dust storms. Separate from the cruise stage 13 ¾; minutes before landing Before InSight enters the Martian atmosphere, the spacecraft will split away from its solar-paneled cruise stage and ...