NASA: Robotic Mars-landing mission will launch in 2018.

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NASA on Wednesday said it’s shooting for a 2018 launch of the InSight spacecraft. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off this month, but was grounded in December by a leak in a French instrument.

NASA on Wednesday said it’s shooting for a 2018 launch of the InSight spacecraft. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off this month, but was grounded in December by a leak in a French instrument.

Project managers said the device should be redesigned in time.