InSight Atlas V ASA and Nozzle Arrival/Unload
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the aft stub adapter (ASA) and nozzle for a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is removed from its shipping container. The launch vehicle will send NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, spacecraft to land on Mars. InSight is the first mission to explore the Red Planet's deep interior. It will investigate processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system including Earth. Liftoff from Vandenberg is scheduled for May 5, 2018.
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NASA ID
VAFB-20180205-PH_RNB01_0004
Date Created
February 5, 2018
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Randy Beaudoin
Location
B7525, VAFB
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