{"id":15976,"date":"2018-05-05T14:07:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T18:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15976"},"modified":"2018-05-05T14:07:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T18:07:40","slug":"video-insight-lander-successfully-launched-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15976","title":{"rendered":"Video: InSight Lander successfully launched to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a heavy fog, as is common where Vandenberg AFB lies on the California coast, an Atlas V rocket blasted off this morning and successfully deployed the InSight spacecraft into a trajectory that will take it to Mars for a landing in November.<\/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\/mo6HnBZ7N-Q?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>(See earlier postings <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> about the Insight mission.)<\/p>\n<p>Two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/press_kits\/insight\/appendix\/mars-cube-one\/\">MarCO CubeSats<\/a>, which will demonstrate communications and propulsion technologies for deep space missions with smallsats, were also deployed. First contact attempt will be noon Pacific time.<\/p>\n<p>Other reports, photos &amp; videos of the launch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/about\/news\/2018\/05\/05\/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-west-coast-s-first-interplanetary-mission-for-nasa\" target=\"_d\">United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches West Coast\u2019s First Interplanetary Mission for NASA &#8211; ULA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/05\/atlas-v-first-interplanetary-west-coast-launch-insight-mars\/\" target=\"_d\">Atlas V launches first West Coast interplanetary mission with InSight spacecraft to Mars \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/05\/03\/av-078-mission-status-center\/\" target=\"_d\">Live coverage: InSight Mars mission lifts off from California aboard Atlas 5 rocket \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2018\/0505-go-atlas-go-centaur-go.html\" target=\"_d\">Go Atlas, go Centaur, go InSight! | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=grocery&amp;banner=00G7Z5DTSFKX6MTTBPR2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=6b49309f10639a0063e8c2710e9c356a&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>In a heavy fog, as is common where Vandenberg AFB lies on the California coast, an Atlas V rocket blasted off this morning and successfully deployed the InSight spacecraft into a trajectory that will take it to Mars for a landing in November. (See earlier postings here and here about the Insight mission.) Two\u00a0MarCO CubeSats, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15976\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: InSight Lander successfully launched 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":[78,5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-rockets","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-49G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17809,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17809","url_meta":{"origin":15976,"position":0},"title":"The Opportunity Rover mission declared over but other missions on Mars continue","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"After several months of futile efforts to contact Opportunity, which went silent last year during a dust storm that covered most of Mars, NASA today officially declared the end of the rover's mission: NASA's Record-Setting Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End | NASA Opportunity did not answer NASA\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sunset1-1024x1024.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22273,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22273","url_meta":{"origin":15976,"position":1},"title":"Video: Launch of the HOPE Mars Mission [Updated]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"7:58\u00a0 pm EDT: The upper stage firing went as planned and the probe was successfully deployed. 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