"Today we can see the first glimpses of our workspace," Bruce Banerdt, the mission's principal investigator, said in a statement. "By early next week, we'll be imaging it in finer detail and creating a full mosaic." A camera situated on the arm's elbow will take some of the photos while another camera underneath InSight's deck will take some as well.

One step at a time...

Now that I've got my arm out, I can start making a detailed 3D map of my workspace, the area right in front of me where I'll place my instruments. Here's more on what I've been doing, and what's yet to come: https://t.co/77p0aLNgfj pic.twitter.com/MPu8jCTAuq — NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) December 7, 2018

InSight carries three main instruments, which will be used to study our planetary neighbor. A seismometer will record marsquakes, a heat flow probe will measure how much heat is flowing out of Mars' interior and antennas will track the wobble of Mars' North Pole. Altogether, they'll be used to study how rocky planets in our solar system formed and evolved over time.

Because the instrument placement is so important, it could take up to three months for them to be completely situated and calibrated. But InSight is sure to provide us with plenty of images until then. Above, you can see images taken from the camera on the lander's robotic arm showing InSight's instruments as well as the soil surrounding the lander. You can also keep track of InSight's raw images here.