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InSight Lifts Off

NASA’s Mars InSight lander lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California on May 5, 2018. Also on the Atlas V 401 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance is a technology demonstration called Mars Cube One (MarCO).

May 05, 2018

NASA’s Mars InSight lander lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California on May 5, 2018. Also on the Atlas V 401 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance is a technology demonstration called Mars Cube One (MarCO).

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