NASA counted down today to the long-awaited launch of its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface of the Red Planet and listen for "Marsquakes."
Daytime summer temperatures near the Martian equator may reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees C), but then plunge by night to -100 F (-73 C). "It is an important part of knowledge of how this planet is evolving," Green said. "We have to be able as humans living and working on Mars to survive that."
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