Buckley AFB helps transport Mars Lander

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)

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Buckley AFB helps transport Mars Lander

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, arrives at Buckley AFB to transport the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley AFB, Colorado. The InSight Transport is a tool that National Aeronautics and Space Administration is using to take measurements of the interior of Mars in order to determine its content. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)

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Buckley AFB helps transport Mars Lander

Tim Linn, deputy program manager of entry, decent, and landing at Lockheed Martin, speaks with Fox News about the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander that is projected to reach Mars later in the year Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. The InSight lander uses a 15 foot probe to take measurements of Mars’s interior in order to determine its makeup and density. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)

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Buckley AFB helps transport Mars Lander

Flight crew personnel from the 21st Airlift Squadron out of Travis Air Force Base help prepare and load the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander onto an awaiting Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley AFB, Colorado. The crew is continuing on from Buckley AFB to Vandenberg AFB where the lander will be launched in May. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)

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Joe Rashid, Lockheed Martin certified test conductor, briefs members from Lockheed Martin on the loading operations of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander onto a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. The lander itself weighs 14,500 pounds and has an estimated cost of 500 million dollars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)

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Members from Lockheed Martin carefully observe the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander being loaded onto a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. The measurements taken by the lander while on the surface of Mars will give scientists more insight into the origins of our planets and solar system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)

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Senior Airman Griffin Brewer, 21st Airlift Squadron loadmaster, makes sure the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander is properly aligned while being loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 28, 2018, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. Thousands of hours, hundreds of people, and millions of dollars went into producing the InSight lander so it is imperative that all operations go according to plan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke W. Nowakowski)

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Buckley AFB helps transport Mars Lander

Published March 1, 2018
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)