Temperature and Winds for InSight

Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS)
TWINS sensor
OperatorNASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ManufacturerSpanish Astrobiology Center (CSIC-INTA)
Instrument typeAtmospheric sensors
FunctionMeteorology suite
Mission duration2 years (planned)
Began operations26 November 2018, 19:52:59 UTC (landing)
Host spacecraft
SpacecraftInSight
OperatorNASA / JPL
Launch date5 May 2018, 11:05 UTC
RocketAtlas V 401 [1]
COSPAR ID2018-042A

Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS) is a NASA meteorological suite of instruments on board the InSight lander that landed on Mars on 26 November 2018. TWINS provides continuous wind and air temperature measurements to help understand the seismic data from the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument. The instruments were developed by the Spanish Astrobiology Center at Madrid, Spain.

  1. ^ Clark, Stephen (19 December 2013). "Mars lander to launch from California on Atlas 5 in 2016". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 20 December 2013.