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French SEIS seismometer safe and tight under protective wind and thermal shield
A domed shield has been successfully placed over the InSight lander’s main SEIS scientific instrument to shield it from wind and temperature…
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Gamma-ray astrophysics: the Southern CTA Observatory will be installed in Chile
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory today announced the signing of three agreements for the construction of its southern site in Chile,…
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French SEIS seismometer deployed on Mars
InSight has successfully set down the SEIS seismometer (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure)on the surface of the red planet. While this…
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France-United States space cooperation - French science instrument on InSight ‘hears’ sound of Martian winds for the first time
Teams at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have begun checking out InSight on Mars after the excitement and tension of its…
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France-United States space cooperation - InSight Mars exploration mission - First tests of French SEIS seismometer successful
After the excitement and tension of its successful landing on Mars on Monday 26 November, InSight has started powering up and checking out its…
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A new method for weighing super-massive black holes
Scientists have revealed, for the first time outside our Galaxy, the properties of rapidly moving gas clouds in the immediate vicinity of a super…
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France-United States space cooperation - French science on Mars - InSight lands on Mars with French SEIS seismometer
Monday 26 November at 20:54 CET, InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) landed on Mars with the…
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