USAF 30th Space Wing / Aaron Taubman
Just thought I'd share these pics of NASA's InSight Mars lander as it was recently encapsulated by the payload fairing of the Atlas V rocket that will send it to the Red Planet on May 5 (at 4:05 AM, Pacific Daylight Time). I'm trying to decide if I'm going to get up hours before dawn and watch the launch on NASA TV (for full coverage of lift-off through spacecraft separation), or drive to a local park and see if I can spot the rocket soaring into space from Los Angeles County. In case you're wondering, InSight will be the first interplanetary spacecraft to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base 100+ miles from where I live here in Southern California...as opposed to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Awesome.
USAF 30th Space Wing
USAF 30th Space Wing
USAF 30th Space Wing / Daniel Herrera
USAF 30th Space Wing / Leif Heimbold
USAF 30th Space Wing / Leif Heimbold
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