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| L'EPFZ sur Mars |
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| Au Kennedy Space Center, aussi un moment intense. - Photo : rke |
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| L'événement suivi sur grand écran au KSC. Photos : rke |
La France, L’Allemagne et les autres
De nombreux instituts européens, dont le Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) et le Centre aérospatial allemand (DLR), en France, soutiennent cette mission InSight. Le CNES et l'Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) ont fourni l'instrument SEIS, avec des contributions importantes de l'Institut Max Planck de recherche sur le système solaire (MPS) en Allemagne. Puis, l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Zurich (EPFZ) a fourni l'électronique d'acquisition de données, lesquelles seront recueillies par le Deep Space Network (DSN) qui enverra les signaux via le CNES, de l'agence spatiale française au centre de données du Service sismologique suisse de l’EPFZ, où ils seront analysés.
- Press Kit InSight : click here
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| At the KSC, outside. - Photo : rke |
My video.
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| The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASA's InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018. - Photo : NASA / JPL-Caltech |
[Cape Canaveral, November 26, 2018, rke] – Chance is finally doing the right thing. Taking advantage of my long-American journey (since November 13 to December 18, 35 days), I did not miss the opportunity to live the successful landing (once again by the Americans), the probe InSight, this Monday, November 26, 2018, at 3pm East. This is not the big rover Curiosity (1982 lb), launched on November 26, 2011, which landed on the red planet August 6, 2012 - and which still rolls, 12,3 miles traveled - but a 1’530 lb fixed-gear machine designed to capture seismic activity in the bowels of Mars. So, I took the opportunity to visit the KSC, specifically the "Journey to Mars" lobby. While this is not the control center of JPL in California, but the vibe was there. It reminded me a bit of the tension that occurred when the man landed on the moon in 1969. Time is running, but people do not get bored, such events. Other visitors took advantage of the screen installed outside to follow the landing lives. In stormy weather and heavy at almost 82 degrees F., I preferred to follow the event inside.
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| The rover Spirit in Lego. - Photo : rke |
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| The rover Spirit in Lego. - Photo : rke |
A number of European partners, including France's Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), are supporting the InSight mission. CNES, and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), provided the SEIS instrument, with significant contributions from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) in Switzerland, Imperial College and Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and JPL. DLR provided the HP3 instrument, with significant contributions from the Space Research Center (CBK) of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Astronika in Poland. Spain's Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) supplied the wind sensors.
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| In the KSC. - Photo : rke |
Several groups at ETH Zurich are responsible for the sensor's data acquisition and control electronics and will evaluate and interpret the acquired data from NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). The DSN transmits the signals via the French space agency, CNES, to the data center of the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich, where they are analyzed.
Currently, AEIL is involved in the Phase B, which will end with an Engineering Model (EM) in 2013. The Swiss industry will develop the flight hardware by the end of 2014. This is an extremely challenging schedule for ESA, NASA and all institutes involved.
