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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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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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is delivered to California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base for final acceptance testing before beginning its integration process at Space Launch Complex 3E in preparation for sensing the InSight Lander on its way toward Mars.
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NASA’s InSight lander, tasked with studying the interior and history of Mars, is assembled at Lockheed Martin’s facilities and integrated with three primary instruments that will measure present-day seismic activity, probe the heat emanating from Mars’ interior and nail down the planet’s rotation dynamics with unprecedented accuracy to reveal the properties of its core.
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NASA’s InSight lander, tasked with studying the interior and history of Mars, is assembled at Lockheed Martin’s facilities and integrated with three primary instruments that will measure present-day seismic activity, probe the heat emanating from Mars’ interior and nail down the planet’s rotation dynamics with unprecedented accuracy to reveal the properties of its core.
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