Egyptians often refer to Cairo as Maṣr (IPA: [mɑsˤɾ]; Egyptian Arabic: مَصر), the Egyptian Arabic name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's importance for the country.[11][12] Its official name al-Qāhirah (Arabic: القاهرة) means "the Vanquisher" or "the Conqueror", supposedly due to the fact that the planet Mars, an-Najm al-Qāhir (Arabic: النجم القاهر, "the Conquering Star"), was rising at the time when the city was founded,[13]
tomb/womb
InSight's landing site is Elysium Planitia, a flat, smooth plain selected not for its surface features, but for safety considerations. InSight's purpose is to study the interior of Mars, not the surface. Thus, in the selection of a landing site, what's on the surface mattered less on this mission than for previous rover missions focused on the geology.
Planitia is Latin for a flat surface, geometric plane or flatness or a plain. Elysium is from the ancient Greek name for an afterlife paradise, usually referred to in English as the Elysian Fields.
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/prelaunch/landing-site-selection/| Start of mission | |||
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| Launch date | 5 May 2018, 11:05 UTC[4][5] | ||
| Rocket | Atlas V 401[6] | ||
| Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-3E[6] | ||
| Contractor | United Launch Alliance | ||
| Mars lander | |||
| Landing date | 26 November 2018 (planned)[7] | ||
| Landing site | Elysium Planitia[8][9] 4.5°N 135.0°E | ||
| Flyby of Mars | |||
| Spacecraft component | MarCO | ||
| Closest approach | 26 November 2018 (planned) | ||
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- Launch: Aug. 11, 2018
- Venus Flyby: Oct. 2, 2018 at 7:45pm EDT (23:45 UTC)
- First Perihelion: Nov. 5, 2018 at 1:33pm EST (18:33 UTC)
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