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Buckley AFB helps transport Mars Lander

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  • By Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski
  • 460th Space Wing Public Affairs
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado --   Lockheed Martin employees successfully load the InSight lander onto a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. The lander will be transported to Vandenberg AFB where it will then be launch to Mars using a NASA Atlas 5 rocket. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)