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The @ulalaunch #AtlasV booster for @NASAInSight's Mars mission was recently lifted to vertical in preparation for the first interplanetary launch from the west coast on May 5.

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March 19, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-046

Media Invited to View NASA's Mission to Study Mars Interior

Media are invited to view NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander Friday, April 6, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where it’s currently undergoing final tests for its May launch.

Media attending the event will have an opportunity to interview members of the InSight team and go into the cleanroom at Astrotech Space Operations to view the lander.

This event is open only to U.S. citizens who possess a government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license, and proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate. Two forms of government-issued identification are required for access on the day of the event, including one with a photograph.

Media planning to attend this event must send their driver's license number and state of issue, date of birth, and name of their media outlet and editor's contact information, to 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen at [email protected] no later than noon PDT, Friday, March 30.

Due to space restrictions, only two representatives from each media outlet will be allowed to participate. More information will be provided to registered media regarding access, arrival and event times as details are finalized.

InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface, studying the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes. It will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet’s deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars’ formation will help us better understand how other rocky planets, including Earth, are created.

InSight also will be the first planetary spacecraft to take off from the West Coast, launching aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg. Currently scheduled for May 5, the two-hour launch window opens at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT).

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight mission for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The spacecraft, including cruise stage and lander, was built and tested by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver. Several European partners, including France's space agency, the Centre National d'Étude Spatiales, and the German Aerospace Center, are supporting the mission. United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colorado, is providing the Atlas V launch service. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management.
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March 23, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-052
NASA Invites Media to View Launch of InSight Mars Lander from West Coast


Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s next mission to Mars - the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport spacecraft (InSight) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch period runs May 5 through June 8.

Prelaunch media activities at Vandenberg include a briefing on May 3 and launch activities on May 5. Credentialing deadlines are as follows:

International media must RSVP by sending their passport number, country of issue and date of birth, as well as media outlet name and editor's contact information, to 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen at [email protected] no later than noon PDT Monday, April 2.
U.S. media must RSVP by sending their driver's license number, state of issue and date of birth, as well as media outlet name and editor's contact information, to 2nd Lt. Rasmussen no later than noon PDT Wednesday, April 18.
InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface, studying the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes. It will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet’s deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars’ formation will help us better understand how other rocky planets, including Earth, were and are created.

The spacecraft will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket lifting off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg, making it also the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight mission for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The spacecraft, including cruise stage and lander, was built and tested by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver. Several European partners, including France's space agency, the Centre National d'Étude Spatiales, and the German Aerospace Center, are supporting the mission. United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colorado, is providing the Atlas V launch service. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management.

For more information about InSight, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/insight

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Photo: The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport spacecraft (InSight) will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Credits: NASA
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What direction will the Atlas be launching to from Vanderberg? I believe all the previous Mars launches have been due east, to get the benefit of Earth's rotation.

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What direction will the Atlas be launching to from Vanderberg? I believe all the previous Mars launches have been due east, to get the benefit of Earth's rotation.

Flight azimuth of 158 deg

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Slightly OT perhaps, but why is this launching from Vandy? Why not FL? This is the first interplanetary launch from Vandy and that makes sense to me given that launching towards a pole or west doesn’t seem helpful to get to somewhere else in the solar system. So why is this one launching from Vandy?

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Slightly OT perhaps, but why is this launching from Vandy? Why not FL? This is the first interplanetary launch from Vandy and that makes sense to me given that launching towards a pole or west doesn’t seem helpful to get to somewhere else in the solar system. So why is this one launching from Vandy?

Because the launch vehicle is so much oversized, that they can launch from Vandenberg via a polar orbit without any performance penalties. As Vandenberg has far less launch traffic, especially Atlas, there are less possibilities of interference from other launch campaigns.

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InSight: Digging Deep into Mars

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Streamed live 9 hours ago

Original air date: Thursday, March 29 at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET, 2100 UTC)

NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander will study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all rocky planets formed, including Earth and its moon. The lander's instruments include a seismometer to detect marsquakes and a probe that will monitor the flow of heat in the planet's subsurface.

News briefing participants were:

• Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington
• Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator at JPL
• Tom Hoffman, InSight project manager at JPL
• Jaime Singer, InSight instrument deployment lead at JPL

InSight will be the first planetary spacecraft to take off from the West Coast. It's scheduled to launch May 5 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If pre-dawn skies are clear, the launch will be visible from Santa Maria to San Diego, California.



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Bound for Mars: Countdown to First Interplanetary Launch from California

source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7095

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In the early morning hours of May 5, millions of Californians will have an opportunity to witness a sight they have never seen before - the historic first interplanetary launch from America's West Coast. On board the 189-foot-tall (57.3-meter) United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will be NASA's InSight spacecraft, destined for the Elysium Planitia region located in Mars' northern hemisphere. The May 5 launch window for the InSight mission opens at 4:05 am PDT (7:05 EDT, 11:05 UTC) and remains open for two hours.

"If you live in Southern California and the weather is right, you'll probably have a better view of the launch than I will," said Tom Hoffman, project manager for NASA's InSight mission from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "I'll be stuck inside a control room looking at monitors -- which is not the best way to enjoy an Atlas 5 on its way to Mars."




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Here is the NASA press kit.

(downloadable in the attachment link).
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This is probably a stupid question but: why Vandenberg? Sure, it's a light payload so it can be done but that's not a very good reasons to actually do it.

Maybe this is ULA trying to balance its workforce between the coasts?

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This is probably a stupid question but: why Vandenberg? Sure, it's a light payload so it can be done but that's not a very good reasons to actually do it.

Maybe this is ULA trying to balance its workforce between the coasts?
I asked the same thing in post 46 and got an answer in post 47. Less traffic from Vandy and so less chance of range conflicts.

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This is probably a stupid question but: why Vandenberg? Sure, it's a light payload so it can be done but that's not a very good reasons to actually do it.

Maybe this is ULA trying to balance its workforce between the coasts?
I asked the same thing in post 46 and got an answer in post 47. Less traffic from Vandy and so less chance of range conflicts.

It was suppose to launch two years ago, and the Atlas manifest was full.

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30th Space Wing (Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.) 5 hrs ·Facebook

Atlas V InSight scheduled to launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch the NASA InSight on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3E here, Saturday, May 5, with a two-hour launch window starting at 4:05 a.m. PDT.

Come watch the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast from one of the following public viewing locations:

- The Lompoc City Airport at 1801 N H St., Lompoc, CA 93436. Parking is off O Street.

- St. Mary's Episcopal Church parking lot at 2800 Harris Grade Rd., Lompoc, CA 93436.

Guests can view the launch and see NASA TV commentary from either location along with NASA/InSight mission team members on-site to answer questions. Guests should arrive no earlier than 2:30 a.m. PDT and NASA TV coverage begins at 3:30 a.m. PDT.

For more information regarding the launch or public viewing locations, contact 30th Space Wing Public Affairs at (805) 606-3595 or [email protected].
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At Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the gantry is rolled back on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V to a Centaur upper stage aft stub adapter (ASA) and interstage adapter (ISA) for NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, spacecraft to land on Mars. The next step will be arrival of InSight encapsulated in its payload faring for mating atop the rocket. InSight is the first mission to explore the Red Planet's deep interior. InSight is scheduled for liftoff May 5, 2018. InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface. It will study the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listen for marsquakes. InSight will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet’s deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars’ formation will provide a better understanding of how other rocky planets, including Earth, were created. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight mission for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The spacecraft, including cruise stage and lander, was built and tested by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver. Several European partners, including France's space agency, the Centre National d'Étude Spatiales, and the German Aerospace Center, are supporting the mission. United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colorado, is providing the Atlas V launch service. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management.

Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
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#InSight and Mighty Atlas are together. Looking foward to a very unique Cinco De Mayo

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April 27, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-071

NASA Sets Sights on May 5 Launch of InSight Mars Mission
 
NASA’s next mission to Mars, Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), is scheduled to launch Saturday, May 5, on a first-ever mission to study the heart of Mars. Coverage of prelaunch and launch activities begins Thursday, May 3, on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

InSight, the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast, is targeted to launch at 7:05 a.m. EDT (4:05 a.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.

Launching on the same rocket is a separate NASA technology experiment known as Mars Cube One (MarCO). MarCO consists of two mini-spacecraft and will be the first test of CubeSat technology in deep space. They are designed to test new communications and navigation capabilities for future missions and may aid InSight communications.

NASA TV and online mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Thursday, May 3

4 p.m. – Prelaunch Briefing

    Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
    Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Tom Hoffman, InSight project manager at JPL
    Annick Sylvestre-Baron, deputy project manager for the InSight seismometer investigation at France's space agency, the Centre National d'Études Spatiales
    Philippe Lognonné, InSight seismometer investigation lead at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France
    Tilman Spohn, investigation lead at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3), an instrument on InSight
    Andrew Klesh, MarCO chief engineer at JPL
    Anne Marinan, MarCO systems engineer at JPL
    Stu Spath, InSight program manager at Lockheed Martin Space
    Tim Dunn, launch director with NASA’s Launch Services Program
    Scott Messer, ULA program manager for NASA launches
    Col. Michael Hough, commander of the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg
    1st Lt. Kristina Williams, weather officer for the 30th Space Wing

Saturday, May 5

6:30 a.m. – Launch coverage begins.

7:05 a.m. – Launch time

Prelaunch Briefing Participation (all times Pacific)

The deadline for media to apply for accreditation for this launch has passed. However, media still may participate in the May 3 prelaunch briefing by phone by contacting JoAnna Wendel at [email protected] no later than noon on Thursday, May 3.

Media and the public also may ask questions during the event on social media using #askNASA.

Media who are accredited to attend the prelaunch briefing in person should confirm their participation with 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen of the 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office at [email protected] no later than 10 a.m. on Monday, April 30.

Accredited media should arrive at the Hawk’s Nest off Highway 1, about one mile south of the Santa Maria Gate at Vandenberg, by 11 a.m. to be escorted. Media must present a driver’s license or passport to receive a base pass.

Public Launch Viewing

There are two official launch viewing sites for the public in Lompoc, California. For information on these sites, visit:

https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/launch/watch-in-person/

InSight will be the first mission to peer deep beneath the Martian surface, studying the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes, which are seismic events similar to earthquakes on Earth. It will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet’s deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars’ formation will help us better understand how other rocky planets, including Earth, were and are created.

JPL manages the InSight mission for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The spacecraft, including cruise stage and lander, was built and tested by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver.

Several European partners, including France's space agency, the Centre National d'Étude Spatiales, and Germany’s DLR, are supporting the mission.

ULA, of Centennial, Colorado, is providing the Atlas V launch service. The Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management.

Media may get more information on the InSight mission, prelaunch and launch events, at:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/insight-briefings-and-events

Join the conversation on social media by following InSight at:

http://twitter.com/NASAInSight 

or

http://www.facebook.com/NASAInSight/ 
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Like a pea in a pod, I’m in my rocket’s protective nose cone. The nose cone was transported and placed atop the @ulalaunch #Atlas V rocket in preparation for my scheduled launch to #Mars on Cinco De Mayo, just seven days from today. go.nasa.gov/2w20vTJ

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April 27, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY 008-18

InSight Briefings and Events


NASA’s next mission to Mars - the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport spacecraft (InSight) - is scheduled to launch as early as Saturday, May 5, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight’s liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 is targeted for 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT) at the opening of a two-hour launch window, making it also the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast.

Launch coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency’s website at 3:30 a.m. PDT.

InSight will be the first mission to peer deep beneath the Martian surface, studying the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes. It will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet’s deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars’ formation will help us better understand how other rocky planets, including Earth, were and are created.

Launching on the same rocket as InSight is a separate NASA technology experiment known as Mars Cube One (MarCO). These two mini-spacecraft are the first test of miniaturized CubeSat technology in deep space. They are designed to test new communications and navigation capabilities for future missions and may aid InSight communications.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight mission for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate  (SMD) in Washington. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The spacecraft, including cruise stage and lander, was built and tested by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver. Several European partners, including France's space agency, the Centre National d'Étude Spatiales, and the German Aerospace Center, are supporting the mission. United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colorado, is providing the Atlas V launch service. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management. The MarCOs were built by JPL, which manages InSight and MarCO for NASA. They were funded by both JPL and NASA's SMD.


The deadline for media to apply for accreditation for this launch has passed. There are two official public viewing sites in Lompoc (one at the Lompoc Airport and the other at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church) that are open to all. For more information on these public sites, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/launch/watch-in-person/. To arrange an interview off Vandenberg AFB, please contact the JPL media relations representative in Lompoc at 626-864-0552 and 626-773-0370, or the JPL Media Relations office in Pasadena at 818-354-5011.


L-2 Day (Thursday, May 3)


InSight Prelaunch Briefing


A prelaunch mission briefing will be held at 1 p.m. PDT at building 836 and air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.


Participants:
•Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
•Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
•Tom Hoffman, InSight project manager at JPL
•Annick Sylvestre-Baron, deputy project manager for InSight seismometer investigation at France's space agency, the Centre National d'Études Spatiales
•Philippe Lognonné – InSight seismometer investigation lead at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France
•Tilman Spohn, investigation lead at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3), an instrument on InSight
•Andrew Klesh, MarCO chief engineer at JPL
•Anne Marinan, MarCO systems engineer at JPL
•Stu Spath, InSight program manager at Lockheed Martin Space Systems
•Tim Dunn, launch director with NASA’s Launch Services Program
•Scott Messer, ULA program manager for NASA launches
•Col. Michael Hough, commander of the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg
•1st Lt. Kristina Williams, weather officer for the 30th Space Wing


Accredited news media who plan to attend the briefing should confirm their participation with 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen, 30th Space Wing public affairs officer, at [email protected] no later than 10 a.m. PDT, Monday, April 30.

Accredited media should meet at the Hawk’s Nest off Highway 1 (about a mile south of the Santa Maria Gate) at 11 a.m. PDT to be escorted. Media must present a driver’s license/passport to receive a base pass.

Media workspace will be available from noon to 4 p.m. PDT in a room adjacent to the briefing.

To participate by phone in the briefing, media must contact JoAnna Wendel, [email protected] by noon PDT on Thursday, May 3. Media and the public also may ask questions during the event using #askNASA.


L-1 Day (Friday, May 4)

Remote Camera Setup

There will be an opportunity for news media to establish sound-activated/timer-set remote cameras to photograph the Atlas V liftoff with InSight at Space Launch Complex-3. Media that do not have a remote camera to set up may not participate in this event.

Accredited media wishing to attend this activity should confirm their participation with 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen, 30th Space Wing public affairs officer, at [email protected] no later than 10 a.m. PDT, Monday, April 30.

Accredited media should meet at the Vandenberg south gate parking lot on California State Road 246 and 13th Street at 3:30 p.m. PDT to be escorted. Media must present a driver’s license/passport to receive a base pass.

News Media Launch Pad Mobile Service Tower Photo Opportunity

There will be an opportunity for news media to photograph tower rollback at the Space Launch Complex-3. Space is limited.

Media wishing to attend this activity should confirm their participation with 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen, 30th Space Wing public affairs officer, at [email protected] no later than 10 a.m. PDT, April 30.

Media should meet at the Vandenberg south gate parking lot on California State Road 246 and 13th Street at 10 p.m. PDT to be escorted. Media must present a driver’s license/passport to receive a base pass.

Off-Base Media Opportunities

For interviews in the Vandenberg area and information on other ways to cover the launch, please contact JPL Media Relations at 626-864-0552 and 626-773-0370.

L-0 Day (Saturday, May 5)

Launch Viewing

Media wishing to cover the launch should confirm their participation with 2nd Lt. Amy Rasmussen, 30th Space Wing public affairs officer, at [email protected] no later than 10 a.m. PDT, April 30.

Media should meet at the Dick DeWees Community Center parking lot (1120 W Ocean Ave, Lompoc, Calif. 93436) at 2 a.m. PDT to be escorted to the viewing site. Media must present a driver’s license/passport to receive a base pass.

Off-Base Media Opportunities

For interviews in the Vandenberg area after launch and information on other ways to cover the launch, please contact JPL Media Relations at 626-864-0552 and 626-773-0370.

Public Viewing Sites

There are two official public viewing sites in Lompoc (one hosted by the city of Lompoc and the other hosted by St. Mary’s Episcopal Church) that are open to all. For more information on these sites, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/launch/watch-in-person/.

NASA TV Launch Coverage


NASA TV live launch coverage will begin at 3:30 a.m. PDT. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit https://www.nasa.gov/live.


Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, "mission audio," the launch conductor’s countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135.

NASA Web Prelaunch and Launch Coverage

Prelaunch and launch day coverage of InSight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning at 3:30 a.m. as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact the newsroom at 321-867-2468. You can follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at https://blogs.nasa.gov/insight/.

Additional information about InSight and MarCO for the media is available in the launch press kit:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/insight/

Learn more about the InSight mission by visiting:

https://www.nasa.gov/insight

https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/

Join the conversation on social media by following the InSight mission on Twitter and Facebook at:

http://twitter.com/NASAInSight

http://www.facebook.com/NASAInSight/

Photo and video content for InSight is available at:

https://images.nasa.gov/
Jacques :-)

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