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InSight's Second Microchip
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InSight's Second Microchip

NASA / JPL · 2018-01-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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Technicians at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado installed a microchip with 1.6 million names submitted by the public to ride along with NASA's InSight mission to Mars. The chip was installed on Jan. 23, 2018. This joins another microchip that was previously installed that included 800,000 names for a grand total of 2.4 million names going to Mars as early as May 5, 2018.

NASA Image and Video Library’s own description
Credit lineInSight's Second Microchip. NASA/JPL, 2018-01-23. Public domain. ID: PIA22206.

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