PIA22543: InSight During Tower Rollback
 Mission:  InSight
 Product Size:  2048 x 1365 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  NASA
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At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the gantry rolls back at Space Launch Complex 3 in preparation for the liftoff of NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander. InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface. It will study the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listen for marsquakes. InSight will use the seismic waves generated by marsquakes to develop a map of the planet's deep interior. The resulting insight into Mars' formation will provide a better understanding of how other rocky planets, including Earth, were created.



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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Photo Credit: Charles Babir

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