The new Insight Mission lander will look at Mar’s seismic activity and latent heat to find out how the planet got made, and how humans could potentially survive on Mars one day. Jim Green, has been the company’s Planetary Science Division director since 2006. However, after the launch of this project, he was promoted to NASA’s new chief scientist. The lander launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5th. Green says one specific highlight of the project is an instrument that will be set to measure “Marsquakes”. Marsquakes are quakes that appear on Mars. With the data collected from the Marsquakes, scientists can determine the size of the core and the size of the mantle and crust of Mars. Then, scientists can compare this data with Earth to understand how terrestrial planets are made. Green said another exciting part of the lander is the human exploration aspect. Green predicts that human will visit Mars in our lifetime, but the data collected from the lander will help us go to Mars faster and easier. In addition, the lander will be able to conduct a heat probe experiment, and will be able to tell us how Mars is cooling. If the mission goes as planned, Insight will land on Mars on November 26th.