PIA22740: Pre-Launch T-VAC Testing on InSight


Pre-Launch T-VAC Testing on InSight

Caption:

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

Background Info:

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 .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission InSight
Instrument Host InSight Lander
Host Type Lander
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2018-10-09
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin Space
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22740
Identifier PIA22740