During a prelaunch briefing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Tim Dunn, Launch Director for NASA's Launch Services Program, speaks to members of the media. The presentation focused on NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander. InSight is scheduled for liftoff May 5, 2018, atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg. The spacecraft will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface studying the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listen for marsquakes.
InSightInterior Exploration using Seismic InvestigationsGeodesy and Heat TransportNASAJPLJet Propulsion LaboratoryLSPLaunch Services ProgramULAUnited Launch AllianceAtlas V-401SLC-3EVAFBVandenberg Air Force BaseAstrotechAstrotech Space OperationsLockheed Martin SpaceSEISSeismic Experiment for Interior StructureCNESFrench Space AgencyIPGPInstitut de Physique du Globe de ParisETH ZurichETH DomainSwiss Federal Institutes of Technology DomainMPSMax Planck Institute for Solar System ResearchImperial CollegeHP3Heat Flow and Physical Properties PackageDLRGerman Aerospace CenterRISERotation and Interior Structure Experiment