Image courtesy of NASA. The mission will be run by NASA's JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and the lander will carry two cameras, a robotic arm and a thermal probe which will collect data on the planet's temperature. The cost of the mission is currently at $425 million. InSight will be an international mission as NASA has teamed up with the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and the German Aerospace Center. The launch date is currently set for March 20, 2016 and a landing on Mars is expected on September 20, 2016.
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