Atlas V Pierces into Vandenberg Fog on first West Coast Interplanetary Mission

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket (AV-078) launched from Space Launch Complex 3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 11:05 UTC on May 5, 2018 with NASA’s InSight Mars Lander and two MarCO CubeSats

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Photos: InSight Completes Final Launch Processing, Takes its Spot atop Atlas V

NASA’s InSight spacecraft completes final pre-launch processing steps at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base as engineers remove the final protective covers from the lander before closing its aeroshell by installing the heat shield that will protect it during its entry into the Martian Atmosphere in November 2018.

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