NASA’s Insight Mars Lander set for 'seven minutes of terror' as it prepares to land on Red Planet

NASA’s InSight Lander is close to making its historic touchdown on Mars after an epic journey of just over 300 million miles.

The Lander is expected to reach the Martian surface around 3 p.m. ET Monday.

When it reaches the Red Planet, the probe will have traveled 301,223,981 miles at a top speed of 6,200 mph, according to NASA. The final stage of its descent, however, is fraught with difficulty — NASA engineers characterize landing on Mars as “seven minutes of terror.”
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How NASA's Mars InSight will phone home after its dramatic landing


Like any dutiful creation, NASA's Mars InSight lander has promised to phone home upon safely reaching its destination on Nov. 26.

But it won't be a detailed conversation, and NASA engineers can't actually be sure when the call will come — or even whether it will come from the InSight lander itself. All told, the team has developed five separate communication routes that will help Earthlings track their creation's progress on the Red Planet.

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