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    NASA’s InSight Ready for Launch atop Atlas V Rocket

    At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the gantry rolls back at Space Launch Complex 3 in preparation for the liftoff of NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket now is poised to boost the spacecraft with liftoff scheduled for 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT).

    Good morning, and welcome to launch day for NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight). The first-ever mission to study the heart of Mars, will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch is targeted for …

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    NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Will Explore Interior of Mars

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

    NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) will be the first interplanetary mission to take off from the West Coast. InSight is targeted to launch at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT) from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. …

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    InSight NASA EDGE Live Webcast, Live Launch Coverage

    Watch the NASA EDGE live webcast on NASA TV and social media at: NASA TV: www.nasa.gov/nasalive NASA EDGE Facebook: www.facebook.com/nasaedgefan NASA EDGE YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NASAedge NASA EDGE Ustream: www.ustream.tv/nasaedge Guests: Jim Green, chief scientist, NASA Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator at JPL Suzanne Smrekar, InSight deputy principal investigator at JPL Tom Hoffman, InSight project manager at …

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    InSight Teams Proceed Toward Launch May 5

    NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Mars Lander is transported to Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    The InSight mission and launch teams today concluded a successful Launch Readiness Review. There are no technical issues being worked at this time. Teams are proceeding for liftoff on Saturday, May 5, at 4:05 a.m. PDT/7:05 a.m. EDT on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA's InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, …

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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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