After about six months of travel, NASA’s Mars InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) spacecraft is all set to land on the red planet on “Cyber Monday,” announced officials during a live-streamed news conference on Nov. 21.
The Thanksgiving holiday and weekend will be a very busy few days for the mission team, who will have to constantly monitor the weather on Mars and data from the Insight to prepare for any final corrections that may need to be implemented for a successful landing.
