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InSight on the Pad

Spotlights on rocket on the launchpad.
Source: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Published: May 6, 2018

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with the NASA InSight spacecraft onboard is seen shortly after the mobile service tower was rolled back, Friday, May 4, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight launched on May 5.

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