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This page contains philatelic information on the InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) spacecraft. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The InSight spacecraft is also known as Discovery-12, one of the NASA Discovery-series spacecraft.
The InSight spacecraft was accompanied by two cubesats: MarCO-A (MARs Cube One-A) / Wall-E and MarCO-B (MARs Cube One-B) / Eva.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| InSight | InSight | InSight |
| InSight (on other than InSight launch or event covers) |
Below is a list of InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) spacecraft postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) | ||||
| Benin | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2018 | "InSight" |
| Benin | Unknown fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | 1588b (Mi2679) | One of MS4 (1588 (a-d)) (Mi2678-2681) | 2018 | "InSight" |
| France | None | (Lettre-verte) personalized postage, from booklet of 10 (10x single) | 2018 | "InSight" |
| France | 6100a (Mi8049) | In (surrounding) margin of MS15 (15x 6100), also annotated | 2021 | Mars InSight lander [#14] |
| Gabon | Unknown d (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2019 | "Mars InSight" |
| Germany | None | (BiberPost) private post | 2018 | "InSight" launch |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown d (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | "InSight" |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 [known illegal issue] | ||
| Madagascar | Unknown a (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | "InSight" |
| Mozambique | Mi10097-10100_ms4 | MS4 (Mi10097-10100) | 2019 | "InSight", "Cube One A" (MarCO-A), and "Cube One B" (MarCO-B) |
| Mozambique | Mi10097-10100_ms4 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | BL1455 | SS1 | ||
| Mozambique | BL1455 fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp on SS1) on FDC | ||
| United States | 5075 fdc (Mi5249 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2016 | "InSight" touchdown/landing on Mars |
Below is a list of InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) spacecraft launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| United States | 2015-12-22 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | InSight "launch scrubbed" |
| 2018-05-05: InSight (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) (and MarCO-A and MarCO-B) | ||||
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Washington DC | (blank/no) cachet on postcard, also back | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Pasadena CA | (Lollini) cachet on cover | InSight launch |
| United States | 2018-05-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (Lollini) cachet on cover | InSight launch |
| InSight (events) | ||||
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | "InSight lands on Mars" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | St. Petersburg FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | "InSight Mars lander arrives" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 (on cachet only) | None (except USA 5075 FDC) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "Mars InSight Mission touchdown" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Pasadena CA | (Mission on Mars Station) cancel and (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Mars InSight Lander landing" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Pasadena CA | (Mission on Mars Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "InSight landed on Mars" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Pasadena CA | (Mission on Mars Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | Mars "InSight has landed" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Pasadena CA | (Mission on Mars Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | Mars "landing at Elysium Planitia" |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Pasadena CA | (Mission on Mars Station) cancel and (Thrifty) cachet on cover | Mars InSight landing |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Washington DC | (blank/no) cachet on card, also back | Mars InSight landing |
| United States | 2018-11-26 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on card | Mars InSight landing |
| United States | 2018-11-26 2020-07-30 | Washington DC Washington DC | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | InSight landing on Mars Mars-2020 Perseverance launch |
| United States | 2022-12-20 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Mars InSight lander falls silent" |
| InSight (on other than InSight launch or event covers) | ||||
| United States | 2021-02-18 | Washington DC | (Multi-color printed) cachet on Mars-2020 landing cover | (small-body, cartoon of) InSight |
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