NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine receives a congratulatory call from Vice President Mike Pence after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine receives a congratulatory call from Vice President Mike Pence after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Bridenstine was standing inside the Mission Support Area at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the “inner space” of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.