On May 5, 2018 at 11:05 UTC the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 30th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket dispatched NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander on a 301-million-mile voyage to Mars with a package of European-built instruments to probe the inside of the Red Planet.