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Shipping InSight Mars Spacecraft to California for Launch

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin Space2018-02-28

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Personnel supporting NASA's InSight mission to Mars load the crated InSight spacecraft into a C-17 cargo aircraft at Buckley Air Force Base, Denver, for shipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The spacecraft, built in Colorado by Lockheed Martin Space, was shipped February 28, 2018, in preparation for launch from Vandenberg in May 2018.

InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is the first mission dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars. Its findings will advance understanding of the early history of all rocky planets, including Earth.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22252

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  • Title: Shipping InSight Mars Spacecraft to California for Launch
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin Space
  • Date Created: 2018-02-28
  • Rights: JPL
  • Album: kboggs
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