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    InSight Prelaunch Briefing Live Today, May 3

    Artist image of the InSight spacecraft exploring a rocky planet such as Mars.

    With only two days remaining until the scheduled launch of NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft, launch and mission managers will hold a prelaunch briefing today, May 3, at 4 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. PDT) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Watch the InSight Prelaunch Briefing live on …

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    Launch Weather 20 Percent ‘Go’ For Saturday

    Artistic view of InSight lander on cliff's edge with probe extended into the surface

    Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing predict a 20 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket with NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft. The overall probability of violation will be 80 percent with the Range Safety constraint of launch …

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    Launch Week Begins with Flight Readiness Review, Dress Rehearsal

    Launch week is underway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where NASA's InSight spacecraft is being prepared for its upcoming flight to Mars. Mission and launch officials gathered Monday for the InSight flight readiness review. Teams are preparing to launch InSight on its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Saturday, May 5, at 4:05 …

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