By the end of 2018, 42 years after the landing of the two Viking seismometers on Mars,
InSight will deploy onto Mars' surface the SEIS (S eismic E xperiment for I nternal S tructure) …

Abstract The Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport
(InSight) Mission will focus on Mars' interior structure and evolution. The basic structure of …

A planet's crust bears witness to the history of planetary formation and evolution, but for
Mars, no absolute measurement of crustal thickness has been available. Here, we …

Large volumes of liquid water transiently existed on the surface of Mars more than 3 billion
years ago. Much of this water is hypothesized to have been sequestered in the subsurface …

The formation of a primordial crust is a critical step in the evolution of terrestrial planets but
the timing of this process is poorly understood. The mineral zircon is a powerful tool for …

Analyses of seismic data from the InSight mission have provided the first in situ constraints
on the thickness of the crust of Mars. These crustal thickness constraints are currently limited …

Geodetic analysis of radio tracking measurements of the MErcury Surface, Space
ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft while in orbit about Mercury has …

Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …

The present‐day thermal state, interior structure, composition, and rheology of Mars can be
constrained by comparing the results of thermal history calculations with geophysical …

Although not the prime focus of the InSight mission, the near-surface geology and physical
properties investigations provide critical information for both placing the instruments …