New NASA Mission to Take First Look Deep Inside Mars
NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the
first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth
as one of our solar system's rocky planets.
The new mission, named InSight, will place instruments on the Martian surface to investigate
whether the core of Mars is solid or liquid like Earth's, and why Mars' crust is not divided into
tectonic plates that drift like Earth's. Detailed knowledge of the interior of Mars in comparison to
Earth will help scientists understand better how terrestrial planets form and evolve.