The first stage booster of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket for NASA's InSight mission is ready for lifting into the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 3E on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission is scheduled to launch in March 2016 and land on Mars in September 2016. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will study processes that formed and shaped Mars
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NASA/Mark Mackley
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The first stage booster of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket for NASA's InSight mission is ready for lifting into the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 3E on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission is scheduled to launch in March 2016 and land on Mars in September 2016. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will study processes that formed and shaped Mars