The Research & Innovation Office announces a limited submission call for interest / internal competition for the National Science Foundation's NSF Management and Operation of the Ocean Bottom ...

NASA's next Mars mission almost didn't happen. A slow leak in the vacuum container surrounding the seismometer instrument on the InSight Mars lander — which launches no earlier than Saturday (May 5) — ...

Another update from the surface of Mars, as NASA’s InSight lander has successfully deployed its first instrument onto the planet’s surface. This week the lander placed its copper-colored seismometer ...

NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface at the end of November, and less than a month later, deployed its Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) seismometer instrument in ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

NASA’s InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone. New images from the lander show the seismometer on the ground, its ...

NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface less than a month ago, and it’s already gearing up for scientific data collection and analysis. In an official statement released by NASA last ...

In December, NASA's InSight rover successfully deployed its seismometer instrument on the Martian surface. This was the mission's first big milestone, one recently joined by another completed effort: ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's InSight lander has been busy on Mars preparing to begin scientific observations, and the ...

An image from NASA’s InSight lander shows the probe’s robotic arm putting a seismometer on Mars. This is the first time a seismometer has been placed onto the surface of another planet. (NASA / ...

A seismometer instrument destined for Mars has leaks in its vacuum container. The problem could delay the scheduled 4 March launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft, which is supposed to carry the ...