{"id":18535,"date":"2018-05-05T17:53:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T09:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/fog-and-flames-up-close-photos-from-the-mars-insight-missions-launch-pad\/"},"modified":"2018-05-05T17:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T09:53:52","slug":"fog-and-flames-up-close-photos-from-the-mars-insight-missions-launch-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/fog-and-flames-up-close-photos-from-the-mars-insight-missions-launch-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"Fog and flames: Up-close photos from the Mars InSight mission\u2019s launch pad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.&nbsp;\u2014 As thick fog enveloped Space Launch Complex 3 early this morning, the Mars InSight lander roared off the launch pad aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, starting its journey to the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<p>My three remote cameras were 300 to 400 feet away from the launch pad, and you can see just how foggy things were. Still, the exhaust plume of the rocket is captivatingly beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417808\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_22-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_22-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_22-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_22-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_22.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417831\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_23-2-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_23-2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_23-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_23-2-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_23-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417812\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_241-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_241-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_241-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_241-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_241.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417814\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_26-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_26-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_26-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_26-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_26.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417815\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_323-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_323-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_323-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_323-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_323.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417816\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_334-630x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_334-630x788.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_334-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_334-1008x1260.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180505_Mars_Insight_334.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p>And here are the camera locations during setup on Friday:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-417736 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_11-630x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_11-630x421.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_11-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_11-1260x841.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_11.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-417733 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_26-630x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_26-630x421.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_26-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_26-1260x841.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_26.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width wp-image-417819\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_15-630x944.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_15-630x944.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_15-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_15-841x1260.jpg 841w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180504_Mars_Insight_15.jpg 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><\/p>\n<p>You can also view high-resolution images of the Mars InSight Mission Launch here.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>More:<\/strong> GeekWire\u2019s cameras follow Falcon Heavy\u2019s first flight<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.&nbsp;\u2014 As thick fog enveloped Space Launch Complex 3 early this morning, the Mars InSight lander roared off the launch pad aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, starting its journey to the Red Planet. My three remote cameras were 300 to 400 feet away from the launch pad, and you can see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[724,927,367,190,750],"class_list":["post-18535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-insight","tag-mars","tag-nasa","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}