First NASA Lander To Study Mars' Interior Launches From California

An Atlas 5 rocket soared into space early on Saturday carrying NASA’s first robotic lander designed for exploring the deep interior of Mars.The Mars InSight probe lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 4.05am Pacific time (12.05pm UK time), treating early-rising residents across a wide swath of the state to the luminous pre-dawn spectacle of the first US interplanetary spacecraft to be launched over the Pacific.The lander will be carried aloft for NASA and its Jet Propulsi