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TThe British team, led by Professor Tom Pike at the Imperial, said: "We should listen to Marsquakes for at least two years and hope for much longer.
"It is essential to place the instrument in the best place to ensure our stability, and then add a cover to protect our wind sensors."
Collaborator Neil Bowles, from the Physics Department of Oxford University, said: "The SEIS-SP InSight seismometer is one of the most sensitive and difficult instruments on which we have worked for spaceflight in Oxford. "
About four out of ten missions ever sent to the Red Planet have been successful – and they are all American spaceships.
According to scientists, the European satellite Schiaparelli crashed on the planet in 2016 after extinguishing its retro-rockets too early.
He was testing the landing system of a UK built rover to be launched during the second phase of the ExoMars mission in 2020.
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