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Mars in a Minute

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What's inside Mars?

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We know a lot about
what's inside Earth.

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But at Mars, we've only
just scratched the surface.

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To learn how Mars formed, we
have to study its deep interior.

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NASA's InSight lander was
designed to do just that

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by taking the planet's
"vital signs."

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Listening for its "pulse" or
seismic activity,

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including any "marsquakes."

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Taking its temperature

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to see how much heat is
flowing out from deep inside;

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And checking its "reflexes" to
see how much the planet wobbles

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as it whips around the Sun.

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These all provide clues

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to what the planet is
really like inside.

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So what's inside Mars?

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InSight can help us find out

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by giving Mars its first
thorough checkup

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since it formed 4.5
billion years ago.

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The more we learn,

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the better we'll understand
all the rocky planets

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-- and the history of
our solar system.

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory