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Description	English: NASA's InSight to Mars undergoes final preparations at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California, ahead of its launch, expected as early as May 5, 2018. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is the first mission dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars. Its findings will advance understanding of the early history of all rocky planets, including Earth. JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight Project for NASA s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, built the spacecraft. InSight is part of NASA s Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/insight.
Date	6 April 2018 (published)
Source	Catalog page · Full-res (JPEG · TIFF)
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech

Camera location	34° 38′ 40.28″ N, 120° 35′ 22.19″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	34.644523; -120.589496

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