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InSight: Launch on Mars scheduled for May 5th

NASA mission will study the heart of the red planet

The launch on Mars of the Nasa InSight mission (Interior exploration using Seismic investigations, geodesy and heat transport) is scheduled for May 5th and InSight will be launched by an Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg base in California (USA). The arrival of InSignt is scheduled for 2018 November 26th and the trip will last approximately six months. In service for 728 terrestrial days, the mission...

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Vandenberg, USA, 05/02/2018 10:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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