Saturday, May 05, 2018

NASA Mars InSight Atlas V Rocket Prelaunch | ULA

At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the gantry rolls back at Space Launch Complex 3 in preparation for the liftoff of NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander. InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface. It will study the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes. InSight will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet's deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars formation will provide a better understanding of how other rocky planets, including Earth, were created. 

For more about the mission, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight

Credit: NASA/Charles Babir
Release Date: May 4, 2018


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