WATCH: NASA's InSight Lander Live Feed

Kyle Maxey posted 2018-11-26

After a successful landing, here is the first image broadcast by InSight to Earth:

This image was taken before the lander deployed its solar panels, through the protective lens dust cover. Later, the dust cover will pop off.

From NASA: 

 "NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately 3 p.m. EST Nov. 26." 

"Launched on May 5, InSight marks NASA's first Mars landing since the Curiosity rover in 2012. The landing will kick off a two-year mission in which InSight will become the first spacecraft to study Mars' deep interior. Its data also will help scientists understand the formation of all rocky worlds, including our own."