Saturday, 5 May 2018

InSight Mars Mission Lifts Off From Vandenberg Air Force Base


The NASA InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, Saturday, May 5, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. via NASA https://ift.tt/2wo8P0f
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