After completing a 300 million mile journey in space, touching down on the Martian surface, and taking a few days' break to primp itself and snap a few selfies, NASA's InSight lander has now completed yet another important milestone by placing its seismometer on the surface of the Red Planet. The sensor will collect a great portion of the mission's scientific data and will combine with a heat probe to investigate the internal structure of Mars, even registering much of the local "weather," from dust devils to meteorite strikes.
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