{"id":15970,"date":"2018-05-04T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T20:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15970"},"modified":"2018-05-04T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T20:35:01","slug":"videos-launch-nears-for-the-insight-mission-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15970","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Launch nears for the InSight mission to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/missions\/atlas-v-insight\" target=\"_d\">Atlas V carrying the InSight Mars lander<\/a>\u00a0is set to lift off on Saturday morning from Vandenberg AFB in California at\u00a04:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 am EDT)\u00a0 (See <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier posting here<\/a>.)\u00a0The vehicle is scheduled to\u00a0land\u00a0on Mars in the western Elysium P<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Planitia\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">lanitia r<\/span>egion at around noon Pacific time on Monday, Nov.\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"26th\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">26th<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Webcast coverage of the launch will start at 3:30 am PDT (6:30 EDT):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\" target=\"_d\">NASA Live: InSight Mars Launch | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of reports on the mission:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/05\/04\/all-systems-go-for-launch-of-insight-a-mission-to-reveal-the-inside-of-mars\/\" target=\"_d\">All systems go for launch of InSight, a mission to reveal the inside of Mars \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasa-s-first-mission-to-study-the-interior-of-mars-awaits-may-5-launch\" target=\"_d\">NASA\u2019s First Mission to Study the Interior of Mars Awaits May 5 Launch | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More videos about InSight:<\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<strong>InSight Countdown to T-Zero: From the West Coast to the Red Planet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3tNa0sxmu0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<strong>InSight Countdown to T-Zero, Episode 2: Into the Fairing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YKVhjdWitsg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>A pre-launch briefing on the science of the Insight mission<\/strong>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ixo8RGDf5dU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=wireless&amp;banner=02HND5YJK5NEFPBWFS02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=7c7721c131c0bf76b1b2eecfd790e5b6&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlas V carrying the InSight Mars lander\u00a0is set to lift off on Saturday morning from Vandenberg AFB in California at\u00a04:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 am EDT)\u00a0 (See earlier posting here.)\u00a0The vehicle is scheduled to\u00a0land\u00a0on Mars in the western Elysium Planitia region at around noon Pacific time on Monday, Nov.\u00a026th. Webcast coverage of the launch will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15970\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Launch nears for the InSight mission to Mars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-49A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15953,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15953","url_meta":{"origin":15970,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Insight Lander mission to Mars set to lift off on Saturday","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A ULA Atlas V rocket is ready for launch this Saturday morning to send the Insight Lander to Mars, where it will use a seismograph and other instruments to study the interior of the Red Planet. 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