NASA Spacecraft Nears Red Planet on Mission to Detect ‘Marsquakes’

NASA Spacecraft Nears Red Planet on Mission to Detect ‘Marsquakes’
The NASA Martian lander InSight dedicated to investigating the deep interior of Mars is seen in an undated artist's rendering. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
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LOS ANGELES–NASA’s first robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of a distant world hurtled closer to Mars on course for a planned touchdown on Nov. 26 after a six-month voyage through space.

Traveling 301 million miles from Earth, the Mars InSight spacecraft was due to reach its destination on the dusty, rock-strewn surface of the Red Planet at about 3 p.m. EST.