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NASA InSight Probe Successfully Lands on Mars to Relief of Scientists

'SEVEN MINUTES OF TERROR'

The probe will take the ground temperature of the Red Planet and look for signs of ‘marsquakes.’

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars’ surface Monday afternoon, after surviving what scientists had called “seven minutes of terror” and making a near-miracle landing.

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