text: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, center, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, watch the launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket Saturday, May 5, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.