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PIA22812: InSight Moments Away From Landing, Underside View (Illustration)
 Mission:  InSight
 Spacecraft:  InSight Mars Lander
 Product Size:  3078 x 3249 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA22812.tif (19.12 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA22812.jpg (667.5 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This is an illustration showing a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. This view shows the underside of the spacecraft.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, Colorado built the spacecraft. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/insight.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2018-10-10