Atlas V Prepared to Boost NASA’s InSight to Mars

At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster is lifted for positioning on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 3. The rocket will launch NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, spacecraft for its trip to Mars. While processing of the InSight spacecraft continues in the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg, the Atlas V booster was transported to the launch pad on March 3, 2018.

Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin