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PIA22740: Pre-Launch T-VAC Testing on InSight

Engineers at Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, Colorado, prepare NASA's InSight lander for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber several months before launch.

Target Name:	Mars
Mission:	InSight
Spacecraft:	InSight Mars Lander
Product Size:	5760 x 3840 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA22740.tif (43.71 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA22740.jpg (1.536 MB)

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Engineers at Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, Colorado, prepare NASA's InSight lander for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber several months before launch.

JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space built and tested the spacecraft, including its cruise stage and lander, and supports spacecraft operations for the mission. InSight is part of NASA s Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/insight.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin Space

Image Addition Date:

2018-10-09