InSight Atlas V Booster Prep for Transport
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster is prepared for transport to Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will launch NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, mission 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 is scheduled for May 5, 2018.
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VAFB-20180301-PH_RKB01_0004
Date Created
March 1, 2018
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KSC
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NASA/Kim Shiflett
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