NASA's InSight Sent Back A "Selfie" From Mars

• 11.27.2018, 16:19
•  No-politics

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NASA's InSight rover has sent back a "selfie" of itself after successfully landing on the surface of Mars, news.sky reports.

The spacecraft took the snap of the Red planet using a camera fixed on its robotic arm. The rocky surface of Mars can be clearly seen with the Insight rover in the foreground.

It had touched down after seven months and more than 300 million miles and at a cost of a billion dollars.

InSight had a six-minute window in which to decelerate from just under 13,000mph to 5mph - landing entirely based on autonomous and pre-programmed systems.