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InSight Launch: NASA Administrator

Two men in control room.
Source: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Published: May 6, 2018

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, watch the launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket Saturday, May 5, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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