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NASA lander will plunge to Mars today in harrowing 6-minute descent Science Magazine NASA scientists chose InSight's landing zone, the vast and dull Elysium Planitia, because they're interested in Mars's interior, not its surface. Rocks on the surface could complicate placing the lander's two primary instruments—a sensitive ... Why NASA's Mars InSight Landing Zone Is a Big Weird OvalLive Science Watch NASA Attempt to Land a Spacecraft on MarsSmithsonian 'Seven minutes of terror' as Nasa's Insight probe descends to MarsThe Guardian BBC News -KQED -New York Times all 1,565 news articles »