NASA blasts off Mars-bound spacecraft to study quakes

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, USA (UPDATED) – NASA on Saturday, May 5 blasted off its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet.

"Three, two, one, liftoff!" said a NASA commentator as the spacecraft ... via PK