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    NASA InSight Kicks Off 6-Month Journey To Mars

    The InSight Mars lander was successfully launched on Saturday morning, by an Atlas V rocket taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It will gather data on Mars' interior.
    by Camila Domonoske May 05, 2018 1 minute
    The Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars InSight lander launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, as seen from the San Gabriel Mountains more than 100 miles away, on Saturday morning. The InSight probe is the first NASA lander designed entirely to study the deep interior structure of Mars.

    NASA's InSight lander is on its way to Mars, after a successful launch on Saturday morning.

    The lander was launched by an Atlas V rocket taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base

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