INSIGHT ON MARS: NASA announced that its Mars InSight lander landed successfully on the surface of the Red Planet, ending a journey that lasted six months and more than 300 million miles. And the spacecraft wasted no time in getting the first picture back to Earth ... "My first picture on #Mars! My lens cover isn’t off yet, but I just had to show you a first look at my new home," NASA tweeted, showing off the first image. The InSight lander entered Mars' atmosphere just shortly after 2:40 p.m. ET on Monday and touched the surface at approximately 2:54 p.m. ET. The last part of the journey was the most harrowing, with NASA calling it "seven minutes of terror" due to the agency's inability to control the landing of the spacecraft, which cost $828 million. The anxious final moments of the lander's journey ended when a NASA official declared "touchdown confirmed!" sparking scenes of celebration at mission control in the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. - Reported by Chris Ciaccia (@chris_ciaccia on Twitter) and James Rogers (@jamesjrogers on Twitter)
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