US space agency Nasa has successfully landed a new probe on Mars, following a dramatic seven-minute plunge through the Martian atmosphere.
The InSight probe survived a seven-month journey through space, arriving safely on Mars in order to study seismic activity on the Red Planet, along with monitoring the “wobble” of Mars’ north pole, which will yield information about the planet’s iron-rich core.
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