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Green Day phrase etched into NASA's InSight Mars Lander

By Wade Sheridan   |   Nov. 27, 2018 at 11:49 AM
Green Day members, left to right, Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool. A reference to Green Day was included in NASA's InSight Mars Lander. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Green Day performs on "Good Morning America" on May 19, 2017. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Green Day became a part of NASA's InSight Mars Lander when a phrase referencing the band was placed onto the spacecraft which recently touched down on the red planet.

Green Day showed on Twitter how "Green Day Since 1986" was etched onto a chip that was a part of the InSight Mars Lander. The spacecraft landed on Mars on Monday in the Elysium Planitia area.

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The InSight Mars Lander is designed to drill into Mars' interior. It traveled 300 million miles over six months to reach the planet.

"Officially landed on Mars," Green Day said alongside a photo of the chip. "Out of this world."

The "Green Day Since 1986" phrase refers to the year when the group was formed by singer Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt who were then known as Sweet Children.