[custom_adv] This year seems to be quite an active time for all the people who have their eyes set on the "final frontier." With Tesla being launched into space, and Kepler's fuel running out, it was just the time for another big event on the horizon. Launched on the 5th of May NASA mission's, called InSight, robotic lander had made a Mars landing yesterday, November 26, marking another tremendous step in human, as well as space exploration, history. [custom_adv] Joining the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers, InSight is the third functional spacecraft currently on Mars. With thousands, including the NASA staff, watching the spacecraft land, everyone waited for the first Mars photos in anticipation. And behold, we already have two images taken by InSight, and it wouldn't be the age of the internet if people didn't post funny memes and space jokes about them. Scroll down below to check the best memes and don't forget to comment and vote for your favorites. [custom_adv] Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral way back in July, and now it's set to start exploring Mars' Jezero Crater in search of signs of ancient life. The crater is the site of an ancient lakebed, which scientists say is loaded with the remains of long-dead microbes. [custom_adv] The SUV-sized spacecraft even brought a small helicopter along for the first time ever, so more space history is on the way. When the chopper takes flight later on in the mission, it will be the first such flight on another planet. [custom_adv] There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors. But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. [custom_adv] On Monday, NASA celebrated the successful journey of a lander on Mars. The lander — called InSight — touched down on Martian sole after a journey of over 300 million miles from Earth to Mars, the AP reported. [custom_adv] The goal is to have InSight dig 16 feet under the soil to gather more information about the innerworkings of the planet, including its inner temperature and the frequency and strength of earthquakes, per AP. [custom_adv] Its landing was a stressful event for scientists, according to the AP. The US is the only country to succesfully land an operable rover on Mars — and the country has failed only once in nine attempts to do just that.
