InSight Atlas V Fairing Rotate to Vertical
In the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians and engineers inspect the payload fairing for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V for NASA's upcoming Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, mission to land on Mars after it was lifted to the vertical position. 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 atop a ULA Atlas V rocket is scheduled for May 5, 2018.
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NASA ID
VAFB-20180207-PH_JNP01_0050
Date Created
February 7, 2018
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
USAF 30th Space Wing/Julio Paz
Location
Astrotech Space Operations
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