Three Cheers for InSight

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Edward Hessler

By now you know that InSight successfully landed on Mars.  By all accounts it landed well and the area is free of rocky debris.

I watched some of the proceedings. It was amazing, especially knowing that as announcements were made, the actual event had occurred several minutes earlier. No wonder that this is a nail-biting time for the entire team at the Jet Propulsion lab.

Here is a summary from CNN.

You can keep up with events in the coming days by visiting the NASA InSight page.