PIA19665: Solar-Array Deployment Test for InSight
 Mission:  InSight
 Product Size:  3600 x 2400 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Lockheed Martin Space
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Engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, run a test of deploying the solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander in this April 30, 2015 image.

InSight, for Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is scheduled for launch in March 2016 and landing in September 2016. It will study the deep interior of Mars to advance understanding of the early history of all rocky planets, including Earth.

The InSight Project is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin

Image Addition Date:
2015-05-27