for the First time since 2012, the US space Agency Nasa on Monday a robot land on Mars. The probe was placed on Monday against shortly before 21 o’clock German time on the surface of Mars, said Nasa. The land apparatus “Insight” was launched in may and about 485 million kilometres on the road. The country place is located in the plain of Elysium Planitia just North the Martian Equator. On-Board scientific instruments, with which the researchers are the Interior of Mars to study.

Recently, Nasa of 2012 had brought the Rover “Curiosity” successfully on Mars. Landings on the red planet are considered to be extremely difficult – only about 40 percent of the world has so far launched Mars missions were the Nasa, successfully.

After the entry into the Martian atmosphere, the robot using the braking rockets, and a parachute was in a very complex manoeuvre to have been lowered. “Landing confirmed” it sound from the speakers in the control center, in Pasadena California. The dark red shirts, dressed, scientists at the US space Agency erupted in Clapping, cheering, hugs and tears of joy.

“What a wonderful day for Nasa,” said the chief of the U.S. space Agency, Jim bride Stine, who was in the control center. “It was so intense, you could feel the emotions.” Only seconds after landing, I congratulated him, US Vice-President Mike Pence on the phone. The robot sent, meanwhile, is already a first photo, a piece of the surface of the planet, and the horizon to see – and quite a lot of dust on the lens. If “InSight” (“Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport”) is fully operational, it will provide in the coming days.

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The probe is 360 kilograms and has completed its seven-month journey to the neighbouring planet of earth, with up to 10,000 kilometers per hour. After the entry into the Martian atmosphere, the flight object by using the braking rockets, and parachute drops. The researchers control the robot from a control center, in Pasadena California.

probe, “InSight” (drawing)

The airfield is situated in a Region that is largely flat and free of larger stones and rocks. Previous Mars missions have not explored the area from the ground. The still-active Nasa Rover “Curiosity” is located in a distance of 500 kilometers, and is still the closest. In contrast to him “InSight will not move”, but at the country place remain.

“Insight” has no wheels, but a French-led developed a Seismometer on Board, the of Mars quakes, and Meteorite impacts resulting shock waves when they are running through the planet. In addition, the probe should itself arrange for vibrations and the deepest fabricate with human-made technology, in another celestial body-generated hole.

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“Mars-a-mole” to call the researchers jokingly in Germany, devised and constructed apparatus called the “HP3”. Up to five meters deep is hammering the device into the soil to measure temperature and thermal conductivity of the substrate material. The third measuring unit of the “Insight” in addition to record the fluctuations of the polar axis of the planet.

Once the Lander is secure, begins in the immediate environment, the search for suitable locations for the measurement devices. A robotic arm will lift to the optimum Position.

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