UBC professor gets ready for launch of mission to Mars

A University of B.C. geophysicist is excited to be pulling an all-nighter to witness the launch of a historic mission to Mars. 
Prof. Catherine Johnson and an international NASA team have been working for close to a decade on what would be the first interplanetary launch from the U.S. West Coast. 
The mission is to put a spacecraft lander called InSight in the Elysium Planitia region in Mars’ northern hemisphere. Its goal is to test the interior of the red planet. 
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