A NASA probe, built by Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Space to study the geology of Mars, launched Saturday morning before dawn in California and started a six-month journey to earth’s neighboring planet. An Atlas V rocket, built and launched by Centennial-based United Launch Alliance, blasted off from a cloud-shrouded Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:05 a.m. MT and carried the $829 million robotic lander on the first leg of its 301 million-mile flight. InSight separated from the rocket’s upper stage…
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