Friday, 4 May 2018

InSight Mars mission go for Saturday launch

Artist's concept of the InSight lander

NASA has confirmed that InSight is go for launch at 4:05 am PDT (7:05 am EDT) on Saturday. The historic mission will mark the first time that a deep space probe has lifted off from the US Air Force's Vandenberg base in California, and will place an unmanned lander on the surface of Mars to learn more about the interior and dynamics of the Red Planet.

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